It is written in that offensive tabloid style, yes, though supposedly it's an excerpt. But it's also Sheffield's attitude; he named his book "Life on Two Legs: Set the Record Straight." Clearly he still has issues. No real need to read the article if you don't want to, we won't have a quiz or anything :)

And honestly, the depiction of the recording industry as honest hard-working capitalists being cheated out of their wages by nasty ungrateful client musicians is . . . pretty much the opposite of every other description I've ever read of the recording industry.