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yeah but even melvins were on that major they still released records like prick on amphetamine reptile, and thats liker my third favorite record of theirs. them and mudhoney almost got chewed up by major labels, but they got out in time.
flaming lips i feel have been the most successful underground band to jump to a major, i mean, they actually went from a good band, to a brilliant band over the course of their major label records. listening from where they started as like this kinda butthole surfers rip off acid punk thing, to releasing an ablum like the soft bulletin, thats really impressive to me.
but yeah, sonic youth did it the best. they released some great, comparativley pop influenced ablums on majors, like ddn, goo, a thosand leaves, washing machine, but then they started their own label to released their more experimental stuff like the syr's, tv shit, silver sessions, they are a band that ALL musicians should look up too. i think recently theyve become my favorite band again, along with the stooges anyways.
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listen to pink reason
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