More like which Whitney band members were in successful bands since they were teenagers, that they then took that experience and started their own band
H M Smith Westerns are not a successful band, they had a small window of heavy promotion with low album sales and lackluster returns. This band, Whitney, plays an average of about 30 shows per year, with lower album sales. Both bands operate on a business model that spends more than bands make. How is this possible, you ask: rich parents.
BarronVonSchnoot what? First of all they have a record label to fund their two albums, also smith westerns shows used to sell out, yes it was short lived but their hype was big. The singer also drummed for a while for UMO! Also they produced both albums in their friend’s studio, the singer from foxygen. See you don’t need to have rich parent to fund ur success , just network and make friends around the music scene and musicians help each other out but also be talented like Whitney or foh
