11.   In the last year, five American labels have signed Welsh bands.

12.   In return, Warner Bros. got the first option to sign the band.

13.   Most recently, the band was signed to Arista Records, with yet another live album in the works.

14.   So were models, movie directors and a Columbia Records executive, who was interested in signing the band.

15.   Speaking on condition of anonymity, he said he had come here not to sign a band, but to prevent his label from signing one.

16.   So far, the company has signed six bands.

17.   That tape found its way to the offices of Geffen Records, which signed the band.

18.   That tape found its way to Geffen Records, which signed the band.

19.   The band was signed to the British label Island, and it was decided the trio would make itself known in England first.

20.   The industry, which spends millions signing bands and promoting their records, in fact, is only interested in gargantuan numbers.