The Philosopher Kings have been revving the mojos of the Canadian populace for over a decade with hit singles like "Charms," "Hurts To Love You" and "If I Ever Lose This Heaven." After a long hiatus where other side projects (Jarvis Church, Prozzak) were explored, TPK have their fourth studio album, Castles, ready to drop on Valentines Day. And although their music is always very soothing and full of suave sexual energy, when frontman Gerald Eaton is given the opportunity, he'll raise that deep voice of his and let loose on the ridiculousness of the music industry...
Are you finding that the industry isn't geared toward making careers anymore? It's more about those three singles?
Absolutely, it's over the top. It's such a sad thing. Kelly Clarkson is one of the biggest stars in the world. If her second album sucks, or doesn't have hit singles on it, she's gone. No one cares. It's not like Prince. We love Prince. He can do five shitty albums. You don't care. It's incredible. So few people have careers. It's because they're not building them the right way. I think it's just the type of career that they're making. If somebody said to me, "Hey, with The Philosopher Kings, we can build a TV show around you, drop $10 million into you. And in a year from now, you can be as big as Coldplay or U2," I don't think I would say no, but it's not to anyone's blame. Kelly Clarkson's lucky. She's a superstar all over the world. She's great. I just think they [the industry] have gotten insanely greedy and insanely overpaid. And they're used to enormously ridiculous lifestyles. The A&Rs roll around like they're rock stars with limos and bodyguards. At Columbia and Sony, that's how it is. Those guys are like rock stars. Labels don't need to be in office towers. Everybody who works at the label can be doing that at home on their computer.
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