This is actually a great thought - and I was thinking about it lately, oddly enough.
Apart from me being a SX lover, I would love to see them make it big and finally reach all corners of the earth to prove to people that they are one heck of a fine and talented band and don't have to back off just because there are the so-called "trends and hypes" which mean that only those "sell-outs" are really worth checking out because they are big. BAH!
I like Creed very much too because for me there is something in their music that is true, but apart from that, I have to like a band - and Creed being big shots or not, they are the only band, really, from the momentary hype, that I like (I've known them for a long time already anyway).
And another thing: I avoid hypes. If there is something big, I mostly shy away from that anyway because I'm almost always sure that I won't like it. Just because it's big doesn't mean it's good...
What I hate is hype and trends. Stuff (and songs) that's being FORCED to you by radio over and over again. Unfortunately SX are not radio-friendly, to use the term. That is so riduculous. But then again, all loud and heavy stuff is not radio-friendly either, if you catch my drift. That's, thank god, why there is hard and heavy radio. What is radio-friendly? What is radio for? What is music? What is music for? Why is there radio anyway? But that doesn't happen with music only. Movies (actors), for example.
The big sell-outs are NOT bands like DT or others, the big sell-outs are the people behind them. The money-hungry personages that (sometimes) "use" musicians/bands even to sell-out to make big doe. Unfortunately, most bands fall into that trap and, yeah, they make it big time and get a lot of money out of it, some even grow a stuck-up attitude through that. We're big shots, yay! But mainly that's not long-lasting in most cases.
The "followers". Yes, those suck. But those, IMO, are the ones that are not open-minded enough most of the time. There is something on the radio that's big, trendy and being hyped, so, let's like and support it to death. Other stuff is not interesting.
But nonetheless, it's us fans that stick to our favorite band, in this case SX, and we would like for them to make it big to finally getting what they so much deserve.
Even if they would reach DT status, the big difference will be what they will make of it and whether or not they will change, right? If they'd turn into big sell-outs and sport the "we're big, you're not" attitude, than it's the way they've chosen to go, side-effects included.
If I like a band, I'll stick with them, because it's not for their attitude, it's for their music. If ticket prices will rise skyhigh as a result of the big sell out, well, I will no longer be able to see that band live, I'd just have to buy their albums. Tough. Yet, if a band decide to live and breathe the "big sell out", let them.
The "real" fans will stick to "their" band, no matter what.
My female two cents.
