TURN INTO FUCKING CRAPHOUSE ONCE THEY "MAKE IT BIG".
This is a phenomenon that has been plaguing society for decades now. A band starts out after getting signed to a label, they're fucking amazing right. They build up their fan base, they tour. They start making money...I feel like this is the point where most bands say "Hey, let's see if we can make even MORE money" and thus, the "selling out" ensues and they become just another dime a dozen garbage band that appeals to high school kids. But wait...what about the music?
WHAT ABOUT THE FUCKING MUSIC PEOPLE!
Does the whole music aspect fly out the window once they see there is money to be made in those horrible, awful, unoriginal pop tunes? Do they run out of creative material and go with these "safe" songs they know are catchy? There's nothing wrong with catchy songs...but going from doing a lot of screaming to barely any (*cough* BERT MCCRACKEN) changes the whole style of the band. Yes, The Used is one band I am referring to here. They were RAD when I was about 14...think the self titled album. GREAT FUCKING ALBUM. And now look at them, writing all these sappy slow songs about love and shit. What happened to the songs about the dark side of life? What happened to the poetic tragedy's, buried myself alive's, and bulimic's? I guess those types of songs aren't "popular" and Bert needed heroin money.
Great, quality bands either go soft or break up (R.I.P. Glassjaw)
BTBAM is the only exception in my book. DUH like you didn't see that coming...silly :)
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PS Glassjaw's not dead. They're releasing a new record this summer.
ReplyDeleteNO WAY! I had no idea that is so fucking awesome!
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