bowie was pleased that the band members clicked, calling the ease at which the personalities came together "inspired guesswork". hunt and tony, the two sons of comic soupy sales, kept the mood jovial during recording sessions and interviews. bowie later rejected the idea that reeves, hunt and tony were backing members of his band. "the sales brothers would never accept having another boss. they are far too stubborn and aware of their own needs. they're not in the market to be anybody's backing band, either of them. you do not fuck with the sales brothers, or reeves gabrels." gabrels said that bowie came in one day while the group was first forming and said, "i think this has got to be a band. everybody's got input. everybody's writing. you guys don't listen to me anyway." the band split profits four ways, no one was on a salary and each member paid for his own expenses. bowie also clarified that "the band will cease to exist the moment it ceases to be a musical experience for any of us. none of us wanted to get into the kind of situation where you find yourself making albums because you're contracted to." the group set up allowed bowie a certain level of anonymity, and to that end bowie stipulated that all four members divide interviews equally between them and that in the cases where he was interviewed, that another member of the band be present as well. he made a point to clarify that he didn't invite the others to join "his" band, rather, "the band literally came together."