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Originally Posted by xxxjay
That was a different time, plus the dead didn't have any albums woth buying, but I would go to their shows to score drugs...
Oh yeah...
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Granted, the Dead may not have had albums that were commercial, or music you didn't like, but so what? That isn't the point. The point is they figured out how to make money in spite of it and outside the control of what the labels did. They owned their music. They worked community. They made money. It was not just working because of "the times".
Tim Armstrong from Rancid told me himself how he admired their biz model and sought to emulate it, and he explained how Fat records drew inspiration from the Dead biz model. He said a lot of old school American punks liked the Dead for their "fuck you" approach to the record industry.
Perry Farrell and Eddie Vetter both drew upon it and acknowledged the biz model as a source of inspiration. Pearl Jam hasn't done a hit song in years but they continue to sell out shows and thrive on selling their live stuff. Phish - don't even get me started. I don't like any of the tunes they write yet they figured it out. Vampire Weekend... and the list goes on...
Can you go to a Tool show and walk out with a live recording of it?