the million dollar question

Ditto that man. Why do people equate success with suckiness? It is a prevalent attitude in a lot of metal fans that I don't understand. If the band sells out to get that success, I could understand it, but not wanting them to get popular while staying the same...that I don't understand. I say, more power to ya'. If all of a sudden all the teenie-boppers start listening to Maleficium, I'm gonna say, "glad y'all finally got a clue".

Later.
 
I kind of enjoy listnining to underground bands that very few others listens to. I would not want every dork in school to know about all the bands I listen to. Then the music would lose its charm in a way, at least for me. But metal needs to get bigger, but not leave the "underground". They should still make metal for metalheads in easier words!
 
Well, I've always asked myself that question...why start hating a band that makes it???
Just beacause it's not "underground" anymore?
Now that is really pathetic...if You want to be sure noone else listens to Your "secret" little band...why don't You just start one on Your own and make little tapes in Your basement alone...then You can sit in Your basement alone, and listen to Your "cool" band alone, and then run off to school/work or whatever and brag about how great that band is that only You know about...and then again...You're alone...well, whoopie-di-do-di-day does'nt that sound like a great life....aaack...
Maybe if I put it like this...if the bands are forced to have a day job besides the band, the bands will never ever get time off to do tours and stuff either...but that's maybe a good thing...cause if the bands went on tour someone else just might see them...and then what??? And making records? Well, last time I looked it costs MONEY and You don't get MONEY to record if people don't BUY the recordings...but then again...maybe millionaires like B.Gates and such can find it in their generous hearts to give away money so that the great public can have one band each to listen to...a band just for You...Your band...they make one cd/year...just for You...now that's a thought right?
Well...I dunno whatelse to say on this pathetic matter...I do know this...I want to make a living on playing...I live to play...it's a damned shame that everything about music has to cost a SHITLOAD of money, I know...but that's a bit hard to take a crack at if the fans insist on keeping the music underground...then the bands will never get enough power to lower cd prices. ticket prices and so on...
It ends up like...one label has 30-50 "underground" bands...the label makes a shitload of cash, the bands get shit...

...damnit...I'm loosing it here...gotta quit before I go completely soft in the head...WAKE UP PEOPLE!