would death grips ever have gotten as big, as quickly if zach hill was a nobody?
as a musician trying to gain attention, i realized that the grips were able to piggy back off of zach already being prolific. how much harder would it have been for them to start from scratch?
andys original posts on reddit for the full moon video had absolutely no responses, its kinda scary
In order to be successful, you generally need to be part of a more-or-less serious music scene, and know the people who organize concerts, distribute albums and so on. Zach's notoriety certainly helped the band. However, nobody would have let them play live and promote their stuff. Reputation isn't everything.
Andrew Cook
I think you're spot on - Zach is the only reason anyone even heard of DG and then it just kept expanding. Now the question is how did he get popular