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more TRENT REZNOR on Saul Williams, Radiohead & stuff

Saul Williams and Trent REznor

And I’m not saying that Radiohead and Saul Williams are in the same breath in terms of popularity by any means, but it felt to me like that, partially inspired by Radiohead, we tried this and here’s the results we got and I assume there’s a bunch of other bands that are intrigued by the idea that may want to follow down that path. I’m not saying it was a failure or a success. I think it was both. But it wasn’t 90 percent of the people that showed up paid us what we asked for. Nor did I ever think it would be. I’m not sure what I did expect…………………….But at the same time there is a little bit of an element with Saul’s record of a tree falling in the woods…It hurt my feelings to see it not show up on everybody’s Best Album Of The Year lists, because I think not enough people knew it was out there. [Trent Reznor to CNET]

Meanwhile, Radiohead sold a lot of actual CDs.