ROCK VIDIOCY ROLL AWAY THE STONES
It's natural that the first bands to make the transition to video would be rock's biggest. There's that name recognition factor, the built-in audience bands like Fleetwood Mac or ABBA command, that makes such forays potentially more lucrative and less of a risk—and then there's always that plush financial cushion to fall back on, in case of a flop.
ROCK VIDIOCY ROLL AWAY THE STONES
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DAVE DIMARTINO
It's natural that the first bands to make the transition to video would be rock's biggest. There's that name recognition factor, the built-in audience bands like Fleetwood Mac or ABBA command, that makes such forays potentially more lucrative and less of a risk—and then there's always that plush financial cushion to fall back on, in case of a flop.
Unfortunately, "bigness" these days implies crass commerciality and all that goes with it. And almost to the mark, every feature length rock video has been boring, due to the unrelenting overexposure of its subject matter.