The Disconnect Between Fan Bases and Influence

There's a disconnect between fan bases and their understanding of like influence and power. Metallica is kind of a good case study for what we're talking about. And that's a band that is really made by the people. They come up through tape trading. It just hit with a small demographic of people. You think about them four years into their career, they're doing arenas. Now some of these bands are finally breaking even when you hear people like Dave Mustaine and Dave Ellis talk about the ears of tax debt that they were in.

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