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Originally Posted by GrungeMonkey
A very good point indeed... The Pixies weren't massive in their heyday were they? Yet a huge deal was made of their reunion tour... I think Sonic Youth would probably have been even bigger had they been reforming after years. I just think that a lot of artists benefit in terms of reputation from having a short lived career - Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix etc.
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I think you'll find it's the young "rock 'n' roll" death that benefits those artists reputation, not their short careers. Misunderstood martyrs will always have a captive audience.