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Old 02-20-2011, 05:19 PM   #109
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Metric does not have broad appeal. I guarantee you hardly anyone over the age of 35 has heard of them. Certainly fans over the median age of 42 in the NHL do not know of them.

You'd never see the Superbowl go with an Indie band. In fact the last few years has seen oldies acts dominate the half time show. The median age of the NFL - which is slightly older than the NHL - probably has a lot to do with that. Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, and The Who, directly preceded the Black Eye Peas this year.
It's not like Metric doesn't sell a lot of albums. The only reason why they are "indie" is because they never signed to a major label. Instead, they made their own recordings, found their own distributors and manage their own tours. It's not like many of the songs don't have pop hooks. I'm willing to bet that they could have a record deal tomorrow if they wanted one.

They have had many of their songs represented in recent pop culture, so I would say they have a pretty wide appeal. From Wikipedia:

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