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by yoctonaut 4181 days ago
(Nearly) full text of what Steve said here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/17/steve-albinis-k...
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The Guardian article is a worthy read because it expands on what actually happened. I went straight to the '93 source.

What is interesting is the text isn't tainted by references to future technology. It's sort of an anthropological view of the state of music around the time of 'Nevermind' (DGC/Geffin Sep, '91).

The record company, DGC Records (Geffin) wielded enormous power. Read through the artists on these labels: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DGC_Records> and <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DGC_Records>. [0]

Contrast the state of affairs of the early 90's Steve describes to now.

[0] Power enough to sue Neil Young in '85 for not producing albums were "unrepresentative" ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young#Experimental_years_...

That's a great article, thank you. I had read the original linked article a while ago but never saw this one.