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Michael Azerrad has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Just as not all popular albums are wonderful, not all wonderful albums are popular.
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To begin with, the key principle of American indie rock wasn't a circumscribed musical style; it was the punk ethos of DIY,…
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In eras past, mainstream culture was blandly, blindly complacent, so underground music was angry and dissatisfied. But now, mainstream culture isn’t complacent,…
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The online musical universe has become Balkanized, with many sites focusing on minute niches. That works well for reaching very specific demographics,…
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As a journalist, I'm not supposed to be the subject, but as an author, I'm fair game - another ingredient in the…
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I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.
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I really believe in the power of music - and I mean literally the power of musical tones - to rearrange the…
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Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals.
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There's a whole apparatus for indie bands now, but back in the eighties it was just getting built. The early people really…
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There's no glamour in Nirvana, no glamour at all, in fact.
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A lot of music fans are still interested in insightful perspectives on music - maybe even more interested than ever, since everyone…
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Back in the day, in '91 or so, I tried to interview Fugazi for Rolling Stone, which the band felt stood for…
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The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies.
— Jello Biafra
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If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.
— Mickey Gilley
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For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with…
— Jack White
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I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order…
— Macklemore
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I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way…
— Neko Case
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It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label... Most people don't have any dignity in the…
— Kurt Cobain
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Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world chokes on gas fumes, sign to a major label.…
— Robin Pecknold
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I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22.
— Nate Ruess
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I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and…
— Juliana Hatfield
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You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have…
— Mary Chapin Carpenter
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If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period…
— Dave Van Ronk
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For Nirvana, putting out their first major-label record was like getting into a new car. But the runaway success was like suddenly…
— Michael Azerrad
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