I'm trying to figure out how Steven Wislon was never young or pretty. I know a lot of female prog fans seem to find him rather dreamy, and he was certainly young at some point, and isn't exactly old now.
I prefer his music and have no interest in GvF but one artist putting down another one in this way definitely comes across as sour grapes. I don't think any area of the art world has ever been "fair." And this is very different from us saying "why the hell is so and so in the Rock Hall of Fame or on the Grammys." We're not in competition with them (well, I'm not) or comparing ourselves to them. And while there are a ton of musical acts and other artists I don't care for, I don't resent their success. It's the business and the fans who are to blame, really.
However, it's quite possible the interviewer sort of egged him into these comments.
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