It's 6 p.m. KROQ, a local rock radio station here in LA has its usual playlist on. RHCP, the Foos, Rise Against. And suddenly... What the Hell? Metric's new song "Help I'm Alive" The first thought taht pops into my brain is not "OMG, I'm like sooo excited!!!" No , it's " What the fuck are they doing here? " First, the Ariborne Toxic Event. Then The Silversun Pickups and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs( Karen O, I Love you! Marry me [In Maine] ) And now Metric. What has this world ( or at least LA) come to?
Most of you are going to bitch about me being a horrid fan and not caring about the wellbeing of my fave bands. Blah Blah and more Blah! I unlike some brainless cattle out there sincerely do care about the wellbeing of my bands, and that is why i don't want them to succumb to the Axis of Evil, a.k.a the major labels ( Sony, Warner, Virgin, etc. )
I , along with thousands of other suburban kids fell in love with bands such as Client and M83 because they were so small, and hence eccentric There was no mainstream bs. It was all original and very fresh. These bands oozed creativity and love + passion for music. And that is what drew us to them. They were unique, one of a kind. Their music connected with us. It made us feel. It made us think. It made us believe in a better world free of all the hell that is going on around us. It helped us escape from pain and misery. They were people who cared.
And now I'm forced to watch all of this slowly disappear. As bands become bigger, fame goes to their heads. They become preoccupied with money rather than music. I don't want my bands to have a commercial sound. I want them to to remain themselves nad stay true to their roots, stay true to their sound..
TO BE CONTINUED SOON , I PROMISE!
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