![]() But if you were the kind of band that earned its cred giving the finger to corporate suits, how were you supposed to navigate shaking their hand for your shot at rock stardom? Immediately following the massive boom that was Nirvana, major labels began scouring local indie punk scenes looking for the next big thing. Not long after, Jawbreaker would sign a nearly million-dollar record deal with the label Geffen.Īnd they weren't the only ones. "The smart money stays on an independent, and actually gets richer. ![]() This, he said on stage, isn't an empty play to the crowd, but rather good business advice. "It's actually scientifically proven you'll make more money on an independent label if you're a not-so-great punk band like us," Jawbreaker singer and guitarist Blake Schwarzenbach once told an audience in 1993. ![]()
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