Placebo Chat To I Like Music

ILM: Putting boundaries on a creative process.....

Steve: Yeah, so the world's next Radiohead gets shut down just before their prime because the record labels don't push them or have the funding...

Stefan: You know, in the mid nineties record companies floated on the stock market. That's when we stopped being run by music lovers and started being run by accountants and lawyers. Back in the 70's or 80's Kate Bush was signed without a record and she was developed and nurtured. Look what an amazing career she has had, you know? That doesn't happen anymore. Capitalism is, obviously, the result of personal freedom. If you work hard and fight hard you can make it. You know, born poor and die a king. And that's fine. But in some aspects, especially when it comes to our industry, it's becoming more of a business and harder, especially for new artists. Placebo, you know, we're lucky. We came out of the mid-nineties. The golden age of the CD. Signed to a label that had the Spice Girls. Which bought in a lot of cash, which helped our marketing deals and things...

ILM: No-one tried to convince you to collaborate then...

Stefan: Haha! No, no! We escaped that! Haha!page << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 >>