fat_fleet
Swollen Member
I give him a lot of credit. He's made quite a bit of money with absolutely no support from any traditional mainstream sources. You won't ever hear NOFX on the radio, you didn't see them on MTV even back when that dumb channel played music, and they've never changed their sound or stopped making music. They're just a good band, and he's a smart enough business man to start a label and have it thrive.
I'm no NOFX fan. They're a tight band, and I'd rather listen to them then, say, Fallout Boy (thank god no one's ever made me chose at gunpoint). I just don't like pop-punk. But I like Fat Mike's business model...seems pretty smart to me....and I'm glad he's out there doing what he does. BUT it is a business, and part of the "industry". People take industry to mean the Biebers Gagas and Cyruses of the world, but it's really just anyone making a buck off music. And who knows if Fat Mike would still be doing what his thing if it didn't rake in some $. That's the point I'm spinelessly pussyfooting around.