“Virgin came after us for a really long time, and we were in a situation with an indie label that was really bad because the person that ran that label couldn’t get along with our friend who was being our manager. She wasn’t like a real manager, but there was a little war going on and we had to get off that label, and the only way we could get off was by being bought out. Continue reading
“Fun side note. Virgin owned Either/Or and had the right to take it over after 5k units. When I left in 99 after Virgin sold Elliott’s leaving member clause to DreamWorks, this album found itself permanently on KRS”
Andy Factor
“Totally untrue story, for what it’s worth… I worked with Jon and Ethan when they were sidemen for Sam Phillips/T-Bone Burnett. I had signed Heatmiser and Brendan Benson at the same time as well. Ethan produced Brendan’s debut, Brendan and Heatmiser toured together. I played “Roman Candle” for Ethan and T-Bone, Margaret Mittleman brought Jon into the picture a bit later.”
Andy Factor
“Tony was the original producer on Mic City Sons and the band’s drummer, and he could not keep the tension between Neil and Elliott out of the room. They were doing songs separately. It was like the last Beatles album or something, like they didn’t want to see each other. When they delivered the album, they pretty much delivered it with their resignation from Heatmiser. The tour was awful, nobody saw it, and that was the end.”
Andy Factor
so flawed and drunk and perfect still 