Soundgarden had broken up. Oasis had not delivered on their potential. Blur weren’t even sounding Britpop anymore, they were sounding like Pavement. There was always going to be Dave Matthews Band. You can’t even criticize them, they’re just there. It’d be like criticizing pigeons. You can’t get rid of them. You just hope they don’t shit on you. But the bottom line is there was money and we needed new rock stars.
