Steve Albini, 2010, GQ interview: This is a terrific time to be in a band. Every band has access to the entire world by default. I know quite a few bands that h

Steve Albini, 2010, GQ interview: This is a terrific time to be in a band. Every band has access to the entire world by default. I know quite a few bands that have been able to establish themselves internationally based on nothing other their web presence. It's an incredible tool. It's also revived the careers of a lot of bands that came before the Internet era and never had enough penetration to find their natural audience. But because the music survived, some people were interested in disseminating it for no other reason than because they like it. People put stuff on YouTube or torrent clients or whatever, not because they're going to make money off of it, which is the only reason the mainstream industry would do something, but because they think it's good. It's a like a worldwide mix tape. An awful lot of bands that had no audience in their first incarnation were able to revive their careers and have a second lap. It's so exceedingly rare that somebody gets more than one bite at an apple like that. I think it's fantastic. http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2010/09/steve-albini.html http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2010/09/steve-albini.html