Ultimate Guitar: Fans don’t typically want major changes from the bands they follow.
Steven Wilson: You get a lot of criticism. In [Mikael Akerfeldt’s] case he had death threats.
Ultimate Guitar: That’s absurd.
Steven Wilson: That’s what you get when you’re dealing with a lot of dumbass metal kids.
I love you, SW. And I hate all the flack “Heritage” gets for not being metal or what people expected. I’ve never heard a good band that did exactly what you wanted them to do; that’s not art, that’s pandering to your fanbase.
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