Thirty-first place in the British music charts took the punk band
Koopa , who never released a single CD or played a single concert. Her single
"Blag, Steal & Borrow" became famous only thanks to the Internet.
The success of the group, according to
Reuters , is attributed to the fact that they managed to find a new means of interaction with the audience, while the “old fart from music” and their patrons - major record labels - are trying hard to protect their works from illegal copying.
The Koopa team was not the first: previously, the Arctic Monkeys group achieved fame thanks to the Internet and only then signed a contract with a record company.