"Not that commercial. I think it used to drive the record companies crazy, and I think that's why I never really fit in, in the music industry."

#DonMcGlashan, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/30-with-guyon-espiner/story/2019016171/don-mcglashan

Intriguing! Because as a teenager I perceived McGlashan's band The Muttonbirds as quintessentially commercial pop music. Right up there with Crowded House, some of whom also came from an avantgarde background (Split Enz), and who also had some quirky songs (Chocolate Cake).

#30 #GuyonEspiner #RNZ #podcasts