FormerLurker wrote:I agree he seems like a good dude, but I just can't imagine him laughing at something. That bothers me.
SamDBL wrote:I am in awe of how the dude carries himself. He’s as famous and sought after as a dude from a hardcore band could be. Yet from day one he has been the most accessible to his fans. AFAIK, he will still return emails just as he would respond to every letter written to him. Yet, he also seems kind of guarded in a lot of ways. He doesn’t get included in every generic ‘punk panel’ or punk doc commentator that you see the likes of Rollins or Johnny rotten showing up for. I assume that’s by choice. He doesn’t appear to have a podcast or Twitter account where he incessantly flaps his gums about every thought that comes into his head, as so many others in his position do. His speaking gigs and documentary interviews are pretty sparse when compared to Rollins. I dunno… the restraint he shows is super impressive to me. He retains a bit of a mystique. And when he does speak, his thoughts seem very well thought out and with a zen-like demeanor. As a public entity, he seems to be in a class lol his own. Completely in a different league than any other frontmen from his era of hardcore. So many things put minor threat above their peers. But a big part of it is his handling of their legacy. No endless box sets, no half assed reunions, no legal in fighting from the members. These are all just random thoughts, but I’ve been on a kick lately.
SamDBL wrote:I am in awe of how the dude carries himself. He’s as famous and sought after as a dude from a hardcore band could be. Yet from day one he has been the most accessible to his fans. AFAIK, he will still return emails just as he would respond to every letter written to him. Yet, he also seems kind of guarded in a lot of ways. He doesn’t get included in every generic ‘punk panel’ or punk doc commentator that you see the likes of Rollins or Johnny rotten showing up for. I assume that’s by choice. He doesn’t appear to have a podcast or Twitter account where he incessantly flaps his gums about every thought that comes into his head, as so many others in his position do. His speaking gigs and documentary interviews are pretty sparse when compared to Rollins. I dunno… the restraint he shows is super impressive to me. He retains a bit of a mystique. And when he does speak, his thoughts seem very well thought out and with a zen-like demeanor. As a public entity, he seems to be in a class lol his own. Completely in a different league than any other frontmen from his era of hardcore. So many things put minor threat above their peers. But a big part of it is his handling of their legacy. No endless box sets, no half assed reunions, no legal in fighting from the members. These are all just random thoughts, but I’ve been on a kick lately.
jaybird wrote:Even though Dischord does not make or sell any Minor Threat merch itself, they do license official Minor Threat t-shirts to retailers like Urban Outfitters for what I'm sure is a decent percentage... I know he did it mostly out of frustration after years of playing whack-a-mole with infinite bootleggers, but he does get some money off of low-key merch like t-shirts... I do agree that at least he's not licensing stupid shit like Out Of Step flip-flops or fidget spinners.
FormerLurker wrote:Yeah, I find Rollins more and more likeable as he (I?) gets older.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
SamDBL wrote:I mean, it's one thing to stick to your guns on stuff like that if you are any number of middling punk bands only a hand full of people give shit about. [size=150]Like, hooray for Crimpshrine and Oi Polloi not selling out to the man, I guess. But it comes off as way more serious when someone refrains from cashing in on a band that's easily worth millions.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:SamDBL wrote:I mean, it's one thing to stick to your guns on stuff like that if you are any number of middling punk bands only a hand full of people give shit about. [size=150]Like, hooray for Crimpshrine and Oi Polloi not selling out to the man, I guess. But it comes off as way more serious when someone refrains from cashing in on a band that's easily worth millions.
You make a good point and that's gotta be true in terms of the difficulty of saying no to that sort of thing when one is as prominent as that, but why throw those other bands under the bus here? Strawman argument much? I can't imagine either of those bands getting any major label interest, especially of the type that Fugazi eventually got, so it's irrelevant (kinda your point I know, but still...). That's why that sort of stuff is off-putting. It's just slagging off other bands for no reason. FWIW, I've never really gotten into Crimpshrine partly due to the off-putting nature of Jeff Ott and his BS, but the Oi Polloi/AOA split is straight fi-yah.
Knutsen wrote:What is wrong with selling out? Just do it! Spread the music and the message! Reach a bigger audience! Pay lawyers and a PR department! Get rich!
SamDBL wrote:And that Jeff Ott guy was super nice the one time I met him.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
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