Here’s a fact: I’ve never actually been a functioning member of a band. I’ve been an accessory to a number of bands in my time, but you’re not going to see my name in the liner notes of any record you buy (Unless of course, you buy a record from Chuck Damage the band, but that hardly counts). I’ve tried to put bands together since I was 12-years-old, and for one reason or another it’s always fallen through. I feel like working on my musical talent and people skills would help a lot, but who has time?
So anyway, I can really see the appeal of being able to run a formed band. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just sit in your ivory tower, casting down your creativity too nine cute girls who, when you say ‘Jump,’ say ‘How high?’ You can just wake up in the morning and say, ‘You know, I want the girls to look like croquet players from the 17th century.’ and boom, there it is.
The only problem is that in order to make money doing it (and hence, in order to keep your job) you have to produce dog shit pop music that probably wouldn’t even fly with American radio anymore.
Of course, The Sex Pistols were a formed band, but they were the exception, not the rule. Also, let’s face it, a lot of people ignore The Sex Pistols as a fake fashion punk band.