Arizona rockers The Maine have been doing it their way for nearly 15 years.
The band, led by guitarist/vocalist John O Callaghan, tried the major label thing early in their career but since 2013 they ve released albums on their in-house 8123 label, which is exactly how they liked it. But after partnering with Photo Finish Records (Shaed, Marian Hill) earlier this year, the band is now celebrating their best-charting single to date with the aptly titled earworm Sticky. We ve released four or five albums on our own and were still doing distro deals to get things out there and printed, but were mostly doing things in house and [then] we had this opportunity to work with Photo Finish, says O Callaghan, who notes that the Maine have been friends with Photo Finish founder Matt Galle and his partner Mike Marquis who is also their agent for their whole career. The opportunity to work with a label under these terms, with people we trusted and knew and who knew who we were, wher
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