Unpronounceable_Symbol wrote:There are probably label execs who listen to Beefheart and KC but, if confronted with the idea of selling them on a world tour, would just chuckle sadly, because as Otohiko mentioned, nobody in their right mind could find it "catchy."
Sort of OT, but here's an ironic case to illustrate that:
I consider the 70's prog band Gentle Giant to be pretty much the most talented group of people I ever heard. The band went under mostly because it became unsupportable. However, one of their primary players, Derek Shulman, later went on to become vice-president of PolyGram, and then president of ATCO records and then Roadrunner records, and signed massively popular bands like BonJovi, AC/DC and Slipknot. Which, in my view, are even at their best not half as talented as Shulman's own musical career was.
