#major label

I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22. ↗

— Nate Ruess

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The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies. ↗

— Jello Biafra

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If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up. ↗

— Mickey Gilley

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People from major labels were afraid to go to Black Flag gigs throughout most of the band's existence. They treated our gigs as something threatening. I'm sure that it probably was. They probably had reasons to be scared. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#band #black #existence #flag #gigs

I feel that I want what allows me to reach the largest number of people as possible, and I don't feel ashamed of that. I think I'm the kind of artist that's meant to be on a major label because my music is different. ↗

— Jon Crosby

#artist #ashamed #because #different #feel

It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don't have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game. ↗

— Courtney Love

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We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#around #away #being #came #drew

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous. ↗

— Neko Case

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I never solicited a major label and I certainly wouldn't now. ↗

— Buzz Osborne

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