in 1997, when asked if he thought the band was still underrated, bowie said, "it's going to be interesting, isn't it? as the songs creep out in different forms over the years, i assume that eventually it'll be evaluated in a different way. i'm not sure people will ever be sympathetic to it entirely. but as the years go by, i think they'll be less hostile. i think it was quite a brave band and i think there were some extremely good pieces of work done. and i think they'll kind of show themselves over time."