Thirty (30) past and present Matador Recording artists were telephoned over the weekend of July 8-9 and asked the following questions:



  1. Do you approve of the job Matador is doing?

    Coughs (55%); Mumbling (10%); Confused looks (16%)

  2. What do you consider to be the #1 problem facing Matador?

    • Pavement gets all the attention (30%)
    • Liz Phair gets all the attention (20%)
    • Jon Spencer gets all the attention (20%)
    • All those bands we've never heard of get all the attention (10%)
    • Eklow's catalog descriptions (7%)
    • You can only blame Johan for SO much (7%)
    • The Elevator Sucks (5%)
    • It begins with an "A" and ends with a "C" (1%)

  3. If you could be on another label, what would it be?

    • Tag (2%)
    • Drag City (4%)
    • Touch & Go (7%)
    • Merge (10%)
    • Walt (35%)
    • Mammoth (47%)

  4. Main reason you signed to Matador?

    • The money was right (5%)
    • Total Destruction would really benefit from major label distribution (6%)
    • Can't remember (11%)
    • Grabel told us to (13%)
    • Chance to meet Jon Spencer (15%)
    • Chance to meet Danny Goldberg (25%)
    • Corey didn't return phone call (25%)

  5. If Chris and Gerard could be replaced, who would you like to see running the label?

    • Dick Dahl (3%)
    • Mike Gitter (5%)
    • Jake from Squirt TV (10%)
    • Jackie Farry (10%)
    • Danny Goldberg (25%)
    • Accutron 2000 (40%)
    • Anyone else (7%)

  6. Best way for Matador to do a better job?

    • Encourage more stores to think Rusty's a man (5%)
    • Discontinue newsletter (8%)
    • Find us a new booking agent (15%)
    • Make Jim Thirwell staff producer (15%)
    • Start lobbying for Batman IV soundtrack / Be nice to Krumper (15%)
    • Provide Health Insurance / Buy us powerbooks (20%)
    • Keep sending JR Taylor money every week (22%)

margin of error: 110%