Meanwhile, their corporation is just one big death trap. You can't really blame anybody at Warner Brothers I don't think they even know we're in the cube.
We're sort of in this cube, and we have to look for the prime numbers. 'You ever see the movie Cube'? said Valentine, who performs with Electric Six on Tuesday at the Green Door. 'Senor Smoke has sold respectably on the continent, but Valentine (known to his mother as Tyler Spencer) does not know when or if Warner will release the disc in his homeland. 14, honoring singer Dick Valentine on Valentine's Day. In the case of Electric Six, Warner released 'Senor Smoke in Europe on Feb. The compact disc does not come out, or it slips quietly into stores with little fanfare or promotion. If a group loses its A&R (artist and repertoire) representative, it can be orphaned. The music business rarely works that way for non superstar bands. In most industries, this would not be a problem someone else would carry the load on the former employee's projects.
The Detroit dance commanders responsible for brilliant underground party propellants such as 'Danger! High Voltage! and 'Gay Bar signed to a major label following massive success in Britain and Europe.īut while Electric Six prepared to put out 'Senor Smoke, its follow-up to 2002's 'Fire, the machinery of success slipped a cog: the man responsible for signing the band to Warner Brothers left the company. Electric Six looked primed for a massive breakout.
