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**TobaccoNUE** · 01-14-2011, 03:43 PM

I'm attempting to qualify nicmeads post with his use of the term "selling out" and whether he's referring to a full house at a venue (as per Krummhorn's post), or a band "betraying" their initial integrity in order to gain wider appeal, and just generally going with what's popular.

An example of the latter might be the difference between fans of Genesis pre or post Peter Gabriel. Many die-hard fans of "early" Genesis see the band as "selling out" from around the Invisible Touch album (or some even earlier from And Then There Were Three) due to the by then very radio friendly, "commercial" sounds rather than the sound that made them the Prog Rock stalwarts that they clearly were in the '70s.

01-14-2011, 03:43 PM	#3
TobaccoNUE Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 514 Senior Member	I'm attempting to qualify nicmeads post with his use of the term "selling out" and whether he's referring to a full house at a venue (as per Krummhorn's post), or a band "betraying" their initial integrity in order to gain wider appeal, and just generally going with what's popular. An example of the latter might be the difference between fans of Genesis pre or post Peter Gabriel. Many die-hard fans of "early" Genesis see the band as "selling out" from around the Invisible Touch album (or some even earlier from And Then There Were Three) due to the by then very radio friendly, "commercial" sounds rather than the sound that made them the Prog Rock stalwarts that they clearly were in the '70s.
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