OH MY LORD! DID he just say that they are TOO "GOOD" to be on an indie label?
Cripes! Oomph, have you got any idea where the line is between indie and major? It has nothing to do with the artistic value of the music!
It's only a question of whether or not the band is writing music that is commercially viable enough to be sufficiently marketable and thus of potential market value to a major conglomeration like Sony or Universal etc. Hence, all your favourites (Akon, 50 Cent, Christina Aguilera etc.) are on major labels, because they can make the labels a TON of money, while many bands I like are on small labels due to the opposite: either their music or image is not commercially-oriented enough for them to realistically garner mainstream attention.
Bands like Oomph and Godsmack attract a large portion of the mainstream because A:, yes, the music is in a (relatively) popular format, and B:, like it or not, their image (all the skulls and shiz etc.) is very marketable too and appeals to another large part of the population - the morbid, depressive, morose pseudo-intellectual morons who feel outcast from society. The same sorts of people who listen to worthless rubbish like Slipknot.
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