THE ENEMY’S Tom Clarke has spoken out against the current climate in the music industry in the wake of his band’s departure.
Seemingly quizzed on a regular basis as to why he and his bandmates were departing from this line of work when they could still headline massive shows, the Coventry based musician has clarified his feelings on the matter in a lengthy blog post.
Entitled ‘Pop Has Eaten Itself”, the band’s frontman described the last month as the ‘most bittersweet of my life’ before going on to say that ‘ our fans are like a family and knowing this was the last family get together was heartbreaking.’
Summarising the key reasoning behind their decision, he claims that:
‘for every spine tingling minute stood on stage in front of a room full of passionate music lovers united in song, there were weeks and months of fighting with radio producers, record labels, our own management and at times each other. There comes a point where the greed, the hypocrisy, the lies and the infighting that plagues the music industry becomes so intolerable, so nauseating that you have to step back and ask yourself, is this really a nice place to be?’
Taking aim at the institution with unrestrained zeal, Clarke sees the industry as vastly different from that which existed in previous era and states that ‘I’ve seen national radio transform from experts like John Peel who would lead music fans onto their next love affair with a band, to careerist charlatans who follow online statistics regimentally, incapable of an independent thought or opinion.’
Rallying against the ‘corrupting’ power of money and its sway over the industry, read Tom Clarke’s full confession now via his blog.
