The Cribs turned down MySpace Records signing after Tom said he’d make everyone friends with them
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completemusicupdate.comTom from MySpace once tried to sign The Cribs. Which, if nothing else, is a reminder that MySpace once had a spin-off record label.
A label that was previously most famous for not closing down in 2010. And is now most famous for not signing The Cribs.The band’s bassist Gary Jarman tells the NME: “Tom from MySpace was a massive Cribs fan and tried to sign us.
He flew us to Los Angeles and made a huge pitch – it was global takeover stuff. And he wanted Ryan to teach him [the band’s 2004 debut single] ‘Another Number’ on guitar, so we have a covert video of that!”Then came the clincher: “He said to us: ‘If you sign to MySpace, I’ll make it so that everybody who signs up is automatically friends with Tom and The Cribs'”.Younger readers may not.
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