One thing that Jack Rabid has commented on a few times in The Big Takeover is how the record companies are really going to pay for a decade plus of disposable music when they yield so little catalog sales from the crap they've foisted on the public. I'd be curious what the actual sales figures are for hair metal acts -- I'd imagine their OK, but not the type of stuff you'd want to count on... Mike Bennett Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com >From: DanAbnrml9@aol.com I did read an article in the Providence Journal about >a month ago where an industry exec was complaining that, apart from bands >like >Pearl Jam and Nirvana, few acts from the past 15 years have created big >catalog sellers... but I think this is a cyclical thing, due as much (if >not more) >to the label's marketing practices as the music itself. > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail