You're glossing over the part where this approach brought their message into mainstream culture. If they took the money and dropped the message, sure. The history doesn't really support the narrative, though.
Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.
But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly.
Yes, it would have been harder for them not to be major hypocrites and still get their message across.
But the idea that they needed to stay with the Sony owned music label and not move to an independent one is kind of silly.