That could be the response to a music critic on the release of the album :p:

well sorta but only if it was something i would agree with for example i WOULD NOT want any of my songs in an army recuitment commercial, but if NOH8 asked me i'd say ok

...is exactly what I was gonna say.

I'd just get under the skin of the industry with a few hits before using the money and backing of the label to just do whatever the hell I wanted in the studio, like Talk Talk and FSOL did for example.

After the recording of their shit mainstream album that denies/ignores their roots, they've already sold their soul to the devil.. that statement tries to justify the selling of their soul. Great statement, you just know what it means immediately.

This.

If I were a famous musician, I'd probably be a gigantic twat and only lend my songs to nonprofits or organizations I agree with ethically.

People can have duel careers.

Personally I can't stand the Foo Fighters because they're the epitome of bland & commercial.

Yet I'll happily listen to anything Dave Grohl does outside of that band because I rate his talent.

I kinds of agree. I like a couple Foo Fighters songs but I'm not really a fan overall. Probot was fucking amazing though, and his drumming for Killing Joke and Queens of the Stone Age was fantastic.

if the intent of my band was to keep playing gigs for dollars you're damned straight we'd sign that contract, then we'd bend over and assume the goatse pose.

I am in a band, but the goal of our band is not to earn a living. All of us already have careers and jobs that we foresee ourselves continuing into the future. We rarely play gigs for dollars, we play a lot of free gigs or gigs that get us enough money to buy a beer in dingy little quirky places around the city. We play for fun pretty much, not for money or a career. So I'm not really sure what we'd do if that situation arose, or how that situation could even arise given our attitude.

That being said, I picked Yeah I would..but i'd probably get depressed and start a drug habit, because the kind of **** I just rattled off is probably something said by a lot of amateur/independent bands before they sell out to the man.

Forgive me for derailing the thread slightly, but did FSOL do this? I've only heard one of their albums, which was excellent but not commercial in any way. What were they like to begin with?