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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen
Word word word. Why the hell go major label if you want to stay smalltime? Same goes for the rest of the bands like Pearl Jam with Ten and so forth. I hate it when people try to turn these characters into some sort of angels who were diametrically opposed to success, fame and fortune. Like that's supposed to make them better artists or something. Foolish.
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I don't know how much truth there is in this but at the time I beleive it was heavily rumoured Sub Pop was about to be bought out by a major label anyway , so Cobain wanted to sign to a label that wanted Nirvana on it with backing & promotion rather than being just one band among all the other Sub Pop bands having their contracts taken over by a label that might not want them all.
Which makes sense when you think about it. Of course he could have gone to another indie label but took Thurston Moore's advice & went to Geffen. And signing to a major doesn't automatically give you success.