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And I’m just using an example. Of course, Maybe I’m just hypercritical.” played with them. They’re really nice guys and
there are going to be different styles and We think Biters ought to be bigger than they had a great crowd.”
trends. Banjo rock’s really big now. Have you they are. It seems that The Struts, who are an But in today’s world of reality stars and so-
heard of banjo rock? It’s like Mumford And English rock ‘n’ roll band, are having more suc- cial media where everyone wants to be fa-
Sons and all that. There’s always going to be cess in the U.S. Could it be because they are mous, would the average Joe rather idolize
trendy stuff, but I think the youth is not getting English? Bowie was English, T.Rex were Eng- normal people and that’s why less people
into rock ‘n’ roll anymore. It’s weird because the lish, Thin Lizzy were Irish. Do Americans love seem into rock ‘n’ roll? Rather than someone
stuff that was made fun of in the 90s, like Limp British rock ‘n’ roll more than their own home- who looks like a rock star with glamorous rock
Bizkit and rap rock, and the kind of stuff that grown bands? ‘n’ roll songs, they’d rather look up to someone
people made fun of for a while, now that’s back “I think The Struts are more marketable,” ordinary, someone like them?
in style again and it’s real hip to sound like says Tuk. “They’re more pop rock. They can be “I think with the rock ‘n’ roll scene, yes, be-
Limp Bizkit and kind of nu metal. It’s weird be- marketed to young Disney crowds. They defi- cause pop stars are so made up and it’s so
cause everyone talked shit on them; “We never nitely have a huge market of modern produc- materialist, the big pop stars right now, that
wanna relive that; that was fuckin’ terrible.” tion, even though the guy sings amazing, like they want rock ‘n’ roll to be more organic,” says
Now, we have all the cliché kind of music com- Freddie Mercury. They have a lot of marketing Tuk. “Honestly, dudes don’t care about how
ing back. I don’t know. Like I said, I can’t relate money behind them. They broke on U.S. radio they look these days, it doesn’t matter, it’s fine.
to the average person. Honestly, I have no idea and I think if you can break on U.S. radio that’s Kurt Cobain, his outfit, his look, they were
what goes on in people’s brains. I think a lot of a massive thing. I don’t know how to do that. meticulously put together. The holes in his shirt
the new music is garbage too. But I don’t know. But yeah, they are really good. We actually didn’t get there from him scraping his elbows,

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