← Back to context Comment by james_marks 16 days ago "Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy" -Zakk DeLaRoche 5 comments james_marks Reply strictnein 16 days ago "Rage Against the Machine? Let's do 9 figures of highly profitable revenue for a large multinational, that'll show them!" - Zakk DeLaRoche, probably james_marks 16 days ago You're glossing over the part where this approach brought their message into mainstream culture. If they took the money and dropped the message, sure. The history doesn't really support the narrative, though. strictnein 15 days ago Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly. 2 replies →
strictnein 16 days ago "Rage Against the Machine? Let's do 9 figures of highly profitable revenue for a large multinational, that'll show them!" - Zakk DeLaRoche, probably james_marks 16 days ago You're glossing over the part where this approach brought their message into mainstream culture. If they took the money and dropped the message, sure. The history doesn't really support the narrative, though. strictnein 15 days ago Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly. 2 replies →
james_marks 16 days ago You're glossing over the part where this approach brought their message into mainstream culture. If they took the money and dropped the message, sure. The history doesn't really support the narrative, though. strictnein 15 days ago Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly. 2 replies →
strictnein 15 days ago Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly. 2 replies →
"Rage Against the Machine? Let's do 9 figures of highly profitable revenue for a large multinational, that'll show them!" - Zakk DeLaRoche, probably
You're glossing over the part where this approach brought their message into mainstream culture. If they took the money and dropped the message, sure. The history doesn't really support the narrative, though.
Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.
But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly.
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