(A little) OFF: My 'State of the Art'

[John A Swartz]

Now Theo, I thought you knew better...

The arguments about "no new material" hold little water in my book.
BOC has had an album's worth of material for years now.  Half the
songs on the new album were played in concert between '92 and '95.
Hey, I'm a huge fan, and I'll devour the new release when it's here,
but I won't sit here and say I think it's o.k. that it took BOC so
many years to get this deal done.  The band's popularity has
dwindled, and their inactivity album-wise is only hurting them.  I
agree that they have to be careful what kind of deal they make with
a record company, but after so long in taking to get it out, I
believe this is going to be an album for the long-time hardcore
fans only, and that it is highly unlikely that this album will
sell millions -- and it stood a better chance of doing so 5 years
ago than it does today.  But, they may not have Al and Joe for
material anymore, but I don't buy the notion that they haven't
had enough material for an album until this year - not by a lon
(oops LONG) shot.

John