Artists these days take a long time between records, just compare discogs of John Lee Hooker [1] and The Beatles [2] versus U2 [3] or Iggy Pop [4]. The amount

Artists these days take a long time between records, just compare discogs of John Lee Hooker [1] and The Beatles [2] versus U2 [3] or Iggy Pop [4]. The amount of creative output of the first two is astounding, i.e. in his first five years John Lee Hooker released 25 records; these days artists release just one record every five years. [1] http://www.discogs.com/artist/94557-John-Lee-Hooker?type=Releases&subtype=Albums http://www.discogs.com/artist/94557-John-Lee-Hooker?type=Rel... [2] http://www.discogs.com/artist/82730-Beatles-The?type=Releases&subtype=Albums http://www.discogs.com/artist/82730-Beatles-The?type=Release... [3] http://www.discogs.com/artist/6520-U2?type=Releases&subtype=Albums http://www.discogs.com/artist/6520-U2?type=Releases&subtype=... [4] http://www.discogs.com/artist/11073-Iggy-Pop?type=Releases&subtype=Albums http://www.discogs.com/artist/11073-Iggy-Pop?type=Releases&s...