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#186 - Live’s Demise | Epic’s Bandcamp | 1955
Jay opens things with a crazy Rolling Stone article about the demise of the 90’s alt rock band Live. The band’s 1995 performance on MTV’s Unplugged sparked Jay & Nick’s lifelong friendship. They remained a strong band through the 90’s, but it all went to hell after that…
Song: Live - “Stage”
Nick has some rare follow-up to a topic back in episode #135, when he discussed Epic’s acquisition of Bandcamp. So, what’s happened since then? Has minority stakeholder Tencent used it to spy on independent artists as it simultaneously transformed Epic Games’ image into the rogue indie studio that it…
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