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Edited by KnickerKnacker69:
2/18/2013 10:58:35 PM
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Bands that 'Sell Out'
Honestly I've never got this, 'Theory'
There seems to be this general view among indie fans that if band/artist makes it big they've sold out. This baffles me how are they now 'crap' because they have gained mainstream success? By that standard The Beatles would have been wiped and flogged by their Cavern Club following. It's becoming a hindrance to bands and it's part of the reason that guitar bands are being restricted in the charts as their hardcore following is small and changing to a pop sound (Which doesn't always work) risks them losing it. Why is this? Why are bands forced to remain unsuccessful or risk losing their hardcore following?
Examples of 'Selling Out'
Green Day: 'Sold Out' with American Idiot when really it was there last listenable album.
Paramore: I've always hated them but apparently they again 'sold out', the few songs that are bearable are from that period of selling out.
The Strokes: They started experimenting? HERICS.
Bloc Party: Again, Experimenting=Selling Out.
Linkin Park: A move away from hardcore? SELLING OUT! (Still hate them).
I could go on but I'll end it here. Discuss Flood
TLDR: Apparently if you don't continue being Indie you're the worst band ever.
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1 Replyto think that a band would reciprocate the exact same sound over and over again which made people like them in the first place is just plain nuts... when the change in a band does happen and the hardcore (retarded) fans dont like it, thats when they are branded as "sell outs". bands need to grow. if the direction they go in you dont like, find something else and always remember the stuff they did that you liked.
