OFF: Branson and V2

[dench]

I read a press release about Richard Branson's new label a couple of
months ago, and I wouldn't hold out much hope for any interesting
bands/artists being signed.  His comment was, as befits such a 'bastion'
of modern society, that they would aim at 'intellectual rock and modern
classical music'.  Intellectual here meaning not intelligent, but
pretentious and dull!

Martin

On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Keith A Henderson wrote:

> Hi everyone...
>
> I just saw that Richard Branson, Father of the Virgin Corporation and balloon
> aficionado, is starting up a new record company called V2.  He says it's
> because he regrets selling out Virgin Records to EMI four years back, and he
> misses the music business.  The question is:  is this label going to be
> interested in signing anybody interesting from our 'neck of the woods', in the
> way Virgin originally began with Mike Oldfield and Steve Hillage?? Or are we
> still going to be the only ones out searching for obscure stuff on indy labels
> like Delerium, etc., while 99% of the music-buying public remains completely
> unaware of the entire genre of space rock and similar prog-types, with the
> lone exception of Pink Floyd?  My guess is that nothing will change and to be
> competitive, V2 will be out there vying for the same miserable garbage that
> gets force-fed into teenager's throats.  Oh, well, as long as we can keep the
> worthwhile bands going, no matter how resource-poor they may be, at least the
> music will continue to spew forth for us to ingest...  :)
>
> Keith H. (FAA)
>