The name of the Spanish journalist is "José Antonio". I've got a physical copy of the actual Spanish magazine in which this interview ended up being included and personally read it a hundred times over the years. The fact that I've just watched the actual video of the same interview with Mark boggles my mind. When I first watched this video, I was like - Hold on!, why on earth am I familiar with every single word that Mark is saying!?. I would love to speak to you about this interview. Thanks so much for uploading this!
Chuck Klosterman's book The Nineties talked about how the decade was filled with these discussions of being a "sellout" and that concept has all but disappeared. His need to basically justify being on a major label illustrates this. No band would ever even be asked that today
I remember this being a huge thing we talked about back in the day and I'm legit culture shocked to find out "selling out" is no longer an accusation thrown out there. I had mixed feelings about it back in the day. The underground creates some incredible artists, and folks like Ani Difranco are admirable, but I never believed musicians should starve to fit someone's demands or ideals.
I respect the fact that Mark told it just like it is. We’re here to make music and have fun. And to get our shit out to as many people as possible. We’ve worked our asses off to get here and 25 years later they’re still killing it. No shame in that! 😊
The fascinating thing about this clip completely connects with the amazing article that Punk Planet wrote about warped tour where they just tore it a new asshole.
