Originally Posted by mr dave

hold on here i think we might be misinterpreting each other hehe

a FNM reunion to me is bill money. hell, as far as i know FNM has always been about paying the bills in Patton's eyes.

the butthole of money bands are the ones like KISS, who go on a reunion tour for years for no other reason than superficial adulation, or the Eagles, the Doors, etc. bands that do it because they want to show the world how it's supposed to be done, they way they did it back when they were cool.

as much as it pains me to say it, the current Jane's Addiction reunion strikes me the same way, although i'm thinking Eric Avery is pulling a Patton this time and using the reunion to continue being able to finance his solo releases.

it's just so many people hear 'cash grab' and automatically think in negative terms as if getting any sort of financial reward for a creative endeavor automatically compromises the integrity of the created art, and i think that's BS.

there's usually a little more at play than just holding onto ideals from a previous stage in an individual's development. it's not like there's ever an end point to personal growth so how can someone really dictate a view to be adhered too throughout their entire existence?

reunions will always be money based. the individual reasons for taking the money will determine if the reunion will amount to anything worthwhile.