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i think some of you are missing the point of the original article.
bands, like all creative endeavors, take time to mature, and need to eb nurtured, by the members, by loyal early fans, and yes, sometimes, by a record label that will let them make some mistakes and develop their sound througha couple of recordings.
what good is exposure when the exposure does nothing but quicken the death of the band?
in today's world a band can get exposure and be known in the underground before they have even played any live gigs, which causes a very immediate stress upon the fellowship of a band.
It is just strange. imagie if everyone had jumped on dinosaur's jock about their first album, hyped them to death, used and disposed of them, before they even had the chance to make Yr Living all over me and Bug etc.
that is esentially what happens with these bands, and us, a consumers of the music, end up stuck with a lot of half-reasoned songs, and half-developed bands, who break up before ever creating anything truly singular and interesting.
just my two cents
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