Various Artists

Various Artists
Various Artists is one of the most prolific acts in recorded music history, appearing on more compilations, soundtracks, and split releases than any other artist in any genre. The group has no fixed lineup, no rehearsal schedule, and no creative differences, which may explain their extraordinary output.

Little is known about their personal lives, though it is widely believed that Various Artists shares certain qualities with professional wrestling legend Ric Flair: an unshakeable commitment to doing things their own way, a catalog that somehow keeps expanding, and an almost theological relationship with excess. Flair, for his part, has spent decades being the best at something that requires you to lose on purpose, which is either the purest form of artistry or a reasonable metaphor for the music industry, depending on who you ask. GotAIproblem?