▁around ▁an ▁imag inary ▁interview ▁with ▁the ▁band . ▁The ▁music ▁pointed ly ▁pok ed ▁fun ▁at ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁industry ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁silly ▁questions ▁that ▁rock ▁stars ▁are ▁repeatedly ▁asked ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁construct ▁an ▁image ▁for ▁market ing . ▁Iron ically , ▁this ▁more ▁sat ir ical ▁and ▁sub vers ive ▁approach ▁ultimately ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁sympt om ▁of ▁the ▁und erm ining ▁of ▁the ▁band ' s ▁work ▁and ▁art istic ▁integrity . ▁D erek ▁Sh ul man ▁later ▁admitted , ▁" I ▁think ▁Inter view ▁was ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁er os ion . ▁I ▁think ▁the ▁cre ative ▁ju ices ▁were ▁starting ▁to ▁w ane ▁a ▁little ▁bit ... ▁I ▁think ▁Inter view ▁was ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁slide ▁towards ▁the ▁real ization ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁business ▁now , ▁and ▁that ' s ▁also ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁what ▁the ▁business ▁had ▁become . ▁I ▁was ▁man aging ▁the ▁band ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁music ▁business ▁became ▁a ▁major ▁business ." ▁Despite ▁this ▁approach , ▁the ▁album ▁did ▁not ▁repeat ▁its ▁prede cess or ' s ▁American ▁chart ▁success , ▁pe aking ▁at ▁No .   1 3 7 . ▁ ▁By ▁this ▁time , ▁Gent le ▁Gi ant ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁well - est ab lished ▁live ▁act ▁in ▁America ▁and ▁Europe , ▁tour ing ▁persist ently ▁and ▁sharing ▁stages ▁with ▁anyone ▁from ▁Sh a ▁Na ▁Na ▁to ▁progress ive ▁rock ▁contempor aries ▁such ▁as ▁J eth ro ▁T ull ▁and ▁Yes .