we have... the nut tree!! ??? mmm nevermind.
well, i'm not anti-mainstream, as long as it's good and not cookie-cutter like music that follows trends, etc. stuff like that... etc...
i'm not advocating the dreaded 'selling out'... i don't think bands should be corporate whores... but like somebody said (too lazy to quote, baaad me), you can do a couple things... i wouldn't hate a band for it. if it's a band that's dedicated to music, and they somehow get appreciated and signed, and they decided to do something like a commercial for kicks and beaucoup bucks (i'm not a big crazy fan of money, but i know many people are, more power to em), ok. as long as i don't see them on everything from downy to coke to gap to mcdonald's etc... that would make me wonder.
so yeah, i've just witnessed first hand how being in a band goes... how you have to play in shitty hole in the walls... how other bands with less talent but a more popular sound get noticed... no roadies, no money from shows, 'crowds' of 10 people at shows (and you brought them all). i don't blame bands for wanting to get more and better. a lotta them have gone through hard, long years of crap, and i think they deserve it. this isn't every band of course, but prob'ly a fair number.