Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Bit on Sony Music Australia site

Maurice R. Kelly mkelly@deadheart.org.uk
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:37:17 +0000 (GMT)


On Jan 23, Tim Clausz wrote:

> >Were the band dropped, or did they drop the label?
> 
> Maurice,
> 
> I can't tell if you're sincerely asking me or mocking me for not knowing!  I 
> know that Peter has said in interviews that both parties were unhappy, but I 
> find it odd that they are still with Sony just about everywhere else but the 
> US.  The implication seems to be that the American division of Sony was 
> different than their divisions in other parts of the world…

I'm being sincere. You said they were dropped, which to me is different
from the band leaving the label. I'd rather the band left Sony in the US,
than be dropped.

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Maurice R. Kelly
mkelly@deadheart.org.uk