goddamn, that was infuriating
yes, that's right — and what was significant, what people remember from back then, was rough trade the distribution network, which gave loads of independent, forward thinking labels and musicians the chance to make something of themselves, and pretty much changed the world of music
great, well done geoff, you've signed pulp and the strokes and now you're managing duffy, that's great success for you personally, but really, so fucking what?!
Quote:...is a brilliant, era-defining 90-minute film documenting how a record shop in ladbroke grove led the revolt against the mainstream during the late 1970s, breaking the stranglehold of the major labels and empowering bands and labels to follow a diy blueprint that redefined the politics of record labels and distribution.
yes, that's right — and what was significant, what people remember from back then, was rough trade the distribution network, which gave loads of independent, forward thinking labels and musicians the chance to make something of themselves, and pretty much changed the world of music
Quote:rough trade’s founder, geoff travis, is lucid throughout and the film follows the highs and the lows, from the punk explosion, through to signing the smiths in 1982 and the strokes in 2001, right up to their artist management arm’s current success with the triple-brit winner duffy.
great, well done geoff, you've signed pulp and the strokes and now you're managing duffy, that's great success for you personally, but really, so fucking what?!