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Countless underground artists choose to self-release their music not by choice, but by necessity, as interested record labels are difficult to come by. However, some huge, major label artists choose to self-release their own music as a way of circumventing the industry system. Here are six famous artists who have self-released their own music.
1. Radiohead
Radiohead's fame can be attributed to a chance meeting between bassist Colin Greenwood and a representative for EMI, who signed the band in 1991 to a six-album deal. After the release of Hail to the Thief in 2003, Radiohead was free of its contract, and nobody was quite sure what the band would do next. Fans were stunned when the band would end up releasing its next album In Rainbows through its own website, announcing the album's release with only ten days notice, and allowing fans to pay whatever they wanted. Radiohead would also self-released its follow-up, The King of Limbs, in 2011.
2. Nine Inch Nails
Similar to Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails was signed to a major label for much of its career until 2007, when the band's contract with Interscope Records expired. Instead of renewing the contract or signing to another label, frontman Trent Reznor decided to release the band's next album Ghosts I-IV through the Nine Inch Nails website, under his own label The Null Corporation.
3. JOAN JETT
The origins of JOAN JETT's solo career are well known by anyone who's seen the video for "Bad Reputation." Twenty-three record labels rejected Jett's self-titled debut album before she finally decided to found her own label and release it herself. When the album sold well, it was re-released by Boardwalk Records the following year under a new name: Bad Reputation.
4. My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine's follow-up to its classic album Loveless took so long to make, it essentially became the Chinese Democracy of indie rock, with many fans (myself included) believing it would never be released. However, in February 2013, twenty-two years after Loveless, My Bloody Valentine's third album m b v was released through the band's website, but for a surprisingly steep $16. Frontman Kevin Shields has said the band is going "to try to make it cheaper by working with various record companies in the future."
5. Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Will Oldham has been releasing his music through Chicago label Drag City for most of his career. However, his most recent release under the Bonnie 'Prince' Billy name, an eponymous LP from 2013, can only be bought at his shows or on eBay by people who bought it at one of his shows.
6. Pixies
Instead of releasing a new LP in a straightforward way, the Pixies chose to release its first new music in over ten years in the form of three EPs over the course of six months, through the band's official website. The EPs were eventually compiled and released as an LP titled Indie Cindy in April of this year.
Countless underground artists choose to self-release their music not by choice, but by necessity, as interested record labels are difficult to come by. However, some huge, major label artists choose to self-release their own music as a way of circumventing the industry system. Here are six famous artists who have self-released their own music.