Some BadOrb artist told me: "If you think it's bad what happened to the people who subscribed to BadOrb, it was 10x worse being a BadOrb artist". From those few who I've talked to, I've learned that most of them didn't get paid for their work. How could something like this happen? I don't know for sure, but there's been a pattern that has been made with the music industry, labels and artists where the labels make the money, the artists suffer, yet are made to look like royalty to the public. Out of the Orb posse, I think LX is the only one who's been able to do just music to make a living. Sure he DJs constantly between remix projects, but look at what happened to Andy Hughes, and I 'm sure that Thrash guy isn't sitting in a corinthian leather chair sipping 100 year old cognac. Remember, these people are known for their art, not their business skills. Gavin
This is a tough one. Badorb was obviously horribly mismanaged. How much of that is the band's fault? Though Badorb was essentially started by the Orb how much did Alex & Co. actually have to do with it?
They were the public face of it. They promoted it. They sold records and T-shirts at shows. That said, I'm certain that they were not the ones taking the orders and putting the records in the boxes. But they do bear some responsibility, and since I was not aware of any other contact point besides them, well, that's the route I've taken.
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