Right alot of people seem to make up their own quotes for what Rob Swire actually said so I will repost the actuall quotes:
"Okay, I’ve had just about enough of this."
“I don’t mind when people aren’t particularly fond of our tracks - with every tune we make I go through different stages of loving it and hating it, so I can empathise with pretty much every comment made so far.
“The only comments I don’t get are the ones saying we’ve ‘sold out’.
“I define ‘selling out’ as not only making music for profit, but also making ANYTHING you don’t really want to make for ANY reason (including fame, pleasing fans, staying true to a genre, or un-necessarily repeating yourself out of fear of progression).
“The only way I think I could have really ‘sold myself out’ is if I had made any more tracks that sounded like vault / another planet / still grey etc."
“Those tunes are cool for what they are, but I’ve moved on in both my musical taste / influences, and my ambitions for this group…
“If you want to blame anyone for our change in direction, blame Led Zeppelin, The Shadows, The Surf Coasters, Dead Kennedys, Dick Dale, Howlin’ Wolf, Weather Report, Tool, In Flames, Herb Alpert, Underoath and all the other stuff I’ve been listening to instead of drum and bass.
“We have fended the vultures off this project so much that it would probably fill a novel if I tried to explain it all.
“All I’ll say is, I wanted to make every single thing we’ve ever put out.
“Saying we ‘sold out’ is talking out your ass.
“I never wanted to make straight up dnb — it was never on the cards.
“Oh, and by the way - I’m not sure if drum and bass is dead or dying (I’ve been in the studio / on tour too long to tell).
“However, if your genre was flimsy enough to be knocked over by ONE SINGLE RECORDING ARTIST who happened to - god forbid - sell some fucking records for the first time in about 5/6 years, then I’m glad it was us that got to drive the final stake through its stale pig shit heart - and good riddance.
“Wake me up when your genre is making something that people outside the scene think is worth listening to again.’
Anyone says they sold please pay particular attention to the bold text... Also his dig was not at drum & bass, it was at the people who have slated them for doing something they love... They were a band before dnb an they have gone back to being a band. I dont see the problem that everyone has with them