The Big Sellout

[rayc]

Greg,
End of the Century did get some grief didn't it?

[fat_fleet]

Greg,
End of the Century did get some grief didn't it?

And Combat Rock!

[fat_fleet]

That's why I always enjoyed The Monkees - sold out right from the get go!

I sold out but no one bought it.

[moresound]

I sold out but no one bought it.

Who were your target audience?

[Greg_L]

Greg,
End of the Century did get some grief didn't it?

Not because anyone thought they sold out. The grief behind that record is the production. Great songs, but coming from the bare bones album before it, End of the Century was kind of shocking. Spector and Ramones are two complete opposite worlds that should never combine. Spector chased them, and being fans, they gave it a shot. The Ramones from day-one wanted to be big. If they sold out, they did it from their very first rehearsal. They were just optimistically naive. They thought their first album was gonna blow up the world, then the second, then the third, and so on. They tried and tried and tried. It just never happened. Their sound never really changed though. They didn't "sell out" in the way of making wholesale changes chasing a big hit. They got a little harder and heavier as they aged and got better at what they did, but you can listen to their very first album and their very last album, and there's not much difference. And now, they're dead, and more popular than ever.

[fat_fleet]

And now, they're dead

That truly is the key to success...

[moresound]

That truly is the key to success...

OK ... You first.

[fat_fleet]

OK ... You first.

Somehow, Henry, I don't think it'll work out that way...but you never know!

[moresound]

It is kinda sad that so many artist never really enjoy their susses duo to this after they die they become more popular than ever scenario.

[Greg_L]

It is kinda sad that so many artist never really enjoy their susses duo to this after they die they become more popular than ever scenario.

I'm selfishly glad the Ramones and their ilk never got big during their day. I was a ratty 13 yr old kid in the burbs wearing Ramones and Black Flag t-shirts and no one knew who the fuck they were. While my peers were listening to flat out garbage like Skid Row and Van Hagar, I was happily bopping along to the soothing sounds of punk rock and early hardcore. I got sent home from school for wearing a Dead Kennedys t-shirt meanwhile other kids were wearing Guns n Roses T's depicting a woman that had gotten raped by an alien robot thing. Lol. I would have HATED to have those same IROC driving tools listening to the same bands as me. Nowadays kids wear Ramones T's while having never heard a single note from them. All you gotta do is die.....