Maybe off topic and better suited for a different thread, personality wise/speaking.....
I distinctly remember many many moons ago watching pretty sure the teevee, "coming up next an interview with David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen!", and while in part interested also thinking, damn, I don't know if I want to see this. And I was right. I always dug Eddie's personality onstage and in photos. No grimacing "guitar face", always smiling, seemed like he was having fun. In the interview he seemed like a jerk, my fears were realized in that I discovered I didn't like him. Roth was alright, playing the part, fun rock & roller. But a little bit of Roth goes a long long way. Still, onstage, offstage, he was still playing the part, the role of a good time party rock & roller. The reason I anticipated regret watching the interview was I had already seen an interview with Jimmy Page & Robert Plant. One of all time guitar heroes if not my all time, I kind of discovered I didn't really care for Jimmy Page. Plant was alright, seemed maybe an interesting guy with a gentle spirit.
Perhaps in the end chalk it up to overexposure. I could see what was coming, I preferred it when you bought the album, saw what photos that were made available, or photos in fan type rock magazines, even the bits of quoted material, you in a sense had artistic license to create or see those guys as who you envisioned them to be. The (M) teevee and the information age went and ruint it.
It's similar with actors and movies. Overexposure, I can't unsee them as who they really are, I don't believe them in a role. Putting aside likeability, its a major distraction. Hey look, it's Robert Dinero, John Travolta, Brad Pitt. Etc etc. Then again some musicians/actors bring the goods and are able to rise above the distraction, sometimes.
Modern day problems. On topic, I suppose it is ironic that there are those who invest or throw sizable wealth towards exposure for some artists to gain fame and/or to see a return on their investment.
