Moving beyond Marmite artists, Idolator characterizes a variety of bands in terms of the condiment they resemble:
Mustard: Popular in its original form, but also available in spicy variations.
Key characteristics:Masters of reinvention; have found
mainstream success with one genre of music, but can’t wait to go all
Dijon and become something entirely different; tend to find success in
most everything they do, to the chagrin of safe-but-steady ketchup
bands.
Sample artists: Damon Albarn, Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake.
When they're past their sell-by date: When they take it one step too far and become children’s book authors.
I feel some inchoate desire to explain why the Pixies are that stuff they put on muffulettas. I also think it would be fun to start a band by advertising your condiment ambitions, rather than your musical influences:
Songwriter/Bassist seeks drummer and guitarist to become the Inner Beauty/Duke's Mayonnaise of the music world."
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