"Most people don't know that we were asked to release Refused's "The Shape of Punk To Come", dragged our feet, then missed the boat."

That's what happens at "collectives". Nobody takes charge, they just sit around for the pot to arrive. Not really, but ya know...it adds insult to injury that they could have had one of the best albums of last decade in their catalogue.

i don't see how this applies to rage against the machine.

These formulaic, always-the-same-questions interviews can be really frustrating. Aside from the generic questions, the interviewee gives their answer and no matter what they say there's no follow-up. In a proper interview, they'd have asked Derek a whole lot more about them having passed on Refused's album, instead of moving on after giving it only a brief mention. Same goes with the all-digital switch. Have him elaborate on these things.

Interviews should read more like a conversation and less like someone's answers to a questionnaire. It may require more work but the results are exponentially better.

i cant help but laughing and NEVER supporting reignition records ever again. this guy talks about signing cute boys instead of good music and comes off like a complete money hungry homo.