Once upon a time…
FZ: "Once upon a time, a record company had A&R people in it who would take a chance, make a decision, use their gut reaction, sign a group, and see what they could do with it, okay? That was all a long time ago. It's not that way anymore. All decisions about who gets signed and what happens to the record are made by these drooling little mid-range accountants and everything is based on the numbers game in there. And the taste of the accountants is what is ruling the mass media. It's all just the dollars and cents of exchange, and if you want to make music that you believe in the chances of doing it on a major label basis are nil because they're all so frightened. Everybody's there trying to protect their job. It's easier to look like a wise executive by saying 'No' to something if it's just the most minutely fringeoid in terms of content."
