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Originally Posted by WildHearted

Anything that keeps their name and success as an entity relevant & in people's minds is good promotion for the band.

You can't promote a product that doesn't exist.... there is no new album to push, at the moment.

that's only if you think no publicity is bad publicity.

and, plenty of bands have interviews in RS and other magazines talking about and building buzz for the albums they are working on and intending to release in the future.

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

see, I'm not so sure she really promoted the band with this, other than the very literal "putting their name out there" again. The walk-away impression one gets from the piece is that the band is really a big clusterf*ck of tensions and resentments by these people of Stevie… her beauty, her success, blah blah blah. What it leaves you with is a sense of what a wonderful person she is for sticking around so long when clearly out of all of them she could most easily have walked away and stayed famous. I mean even the comment about 'Lindsey would have been the star in any other band'-- while at first seeming like a bit of a mark against Stevie-- in its own way says he's better than most other rock players but even he's not better than our Stevie, who has this better "package" of stage presence, looks, talent etc etc. That can't contribute in any way (even if some think it's true) to harmony within the band.

yes. it almost looks like she's promoting not the band but the dysfunction in the band and building up her position so she has more leverage in some future inside-band stand-off - since apparently she's so great and they are so petty.

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

Let's face it, to borrow a quote from American politics used when judging presidential candidates.. "who would you rather have a beer with?" well, when Stevie does interviews and shows everyone her funny, charming side, like in this article, and we see Lindsey as a grouchy old poop who still seems to hold a grudge over sh&t from 30 years ago, most (casual) readers will think, "I'd rather hang out with HER." And that's the point of articles like this. To boost her brand.

hey, maybe she sent Karen over to impersonate Lindsey and bang on the wall to try make him look grumpy? i mean Lindsey himself never shows up or actually talks in this piece it's always either her or Karen or Waddy putting words in his mouth or describing his actions.

Originally Posted by Iktomi

Just personally speaking, I do get the impression that she might have been trying to get the audience to sympathize with her...in case something does happen to the band in regards to an album? I don't know, but the article doesn't really portray the other members in a neutral light, nor in a positive one.

However, I thought the part about Tom Petty was a little hilarious. He seems to be more of a proponent of the band over their solo careers...not exactly in line perhaps with the Stevie solo push, perhaps?

yeah, i think the album and intra-band stand-off regarding it or directions of the band is what the underlying motif might be... either that or she just likes to talk positively about herself and trash about others, in general.