I've been involved in the underground for a long time, but now it is worse than ever. College radio used to be a great place for non commercial music, but the major labels got their claws into that say just around the time that grunge blew up w/ the lame-o Nirvana as the blueprint for big bucks from nothing. Therefore, the majors sent their agents into the underground buying up indie labels and mass- marketing college radio. Find me an idiot in a band who wants to remain unknown and I'll show you a thousand idiots ready to sell-out in an instant. Hey, the groupies are a bonus if you do something chicks dig, but the money usually ain't there if you don't score a humongous hit and wind up ho'ing yourself on endless touring as the only way to make any real dough... A lot of these stupid bands that get signed end up owing money in the end because they borrowed a ton for studio costs. Plus, most people sit back and let MTV deliver the new sounds instead of getting off their asses in search of anything original.. .