Mastodon on Signing to a Major Label

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Posted in music on May 13, 2005

Mastodon (who I saw at Bowery Ballroom last night) signed to Warner Brothers Records last month after "three major labels battled over them for more than six months."

They told MTV...

""It's a big step for a band like us that doesn't really have any radio hits or ... any plans to write any radio hits or anything like that," drummer Brann Dailor explained.

"We wanted to make sure that [Warner Bros.] knew that," guitarist Bill Kelliher added. "We told them, 'We're not going to change into a Backstreet Boys or anything like that.' We're not going to change our sound. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.""

Mastodon don't plan to write any radio hits for their major-label debut.

(also at above link: "Glenn Danzig is organizing his own summer metal festival (think of it as Ozzfest lite).")

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posted at 9:45 AM on May 13, 2005 in music | Comments (1)