Thread: Biggest Musical Sellouts of All Time

without getting into who's a sellout and who isn't, since i think the definition isn't as simple as it seems... i believe in musical evolution (how to define that depends) and a desire to make money off what makes you happy. what i don't believe in is singing about/against giving in to the man, capitalism, etc. and then turning around and making every quick buck you can. even then, tommy gabel/laura jane grace said it well when she said it's pretty f***ing nice when you can afford the equipment to make the music you want to make.

btw, that AFI album crash love was a giant disappointment that sucked donkey balls, but i sensed it coming. i like their stuff from answer that through art of drowning. i tolerated STS and decemberunderground fine, but my excitement for them started dropping off somewhere around that point.

Journey

That first album (especially "Topaz") sprung directly from Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon's time with Santana during the period where Santana III and Caravanserai were recorded, and the band was moving into their jazz-rock period (which continued after Rolie and Schon left to form Journey). That opening effort was pretty cutting edge at the time.

We all know what happened once Steven Perry signed on...

Originally Posted by xLAxKingsx

They rushed it wasnt exactly what they where going for but it was last album with current record label. If you could tell label did absolutely no PR for it and just let it ride out. Its been long and its screw with its fan base. Blaqk Audio is awesome if you are into electronica but i miss good ol AFI.

Never bothered to check out Blaqk Audio. I have no problem with electronic music, I just don't really enjoy it by itself. I enjoy it more when it's mixed in with rock or heavier forms of music, or even some types of pop occasionally. Maybe I should give Blaqk Audio a listen though, it couldn't hurt.

Originally Posted by UnholyGoalie

Is it "selling out" or is it musical progression? I see why people say Metallica sold out but is it just a band's "sound" progressing over time? Is it weird to expect a band to make albums that sound identical over a period of 20 years or so?

You call Load, Reload and St Anger musical progression? REALLY!?!?

Originally Posted by ianmonsta

45 posts and no mention of KISS & Gene Simmons?

You're saying that like KISS is a real band

Originally Posted by lunchbox

without getting into who's a sellout and who isn't, since i think the definition isn't as simple as it seems... i believe in musical evolution (how to define that depends) and a desire to make money off what makes you happy. what i don't believe in is singing about/against giving in to the man, capitalism, etc. and then turning around and making every quick buck you can. even then, tommy gabel/laura jane grace said it well when she said it's pretty f***ing nice when you can afford the equipment to make the music you want to make.

btw, that AFI album crash love was a giant disappointment that sucked donkey balls, but i sensed it coming. i like their stuff from answer that through art of drowning. i tolerated STS and decemberunderground fine, but my excitement for them started dropping off somewhere around that point.

I feel they dropped off STS lyrically that album was just ****ing great. But after that **** dropped bad.

Originally Posted by Palffy3314

Never bothered to check out Blaqk Audio. I have no problem with electronic music, I just don't really enjoy it by itself. I enjoy it more when it's mixed in with rock or heavier forms of music, or even some types of pop occasionally. Maybe I should give Blaqk Audio a listen though, it couldn't hurt.

Give it a try their first album cex cells is ****ing solid all the way thru.

Originally Posted by C. Marshall

One more thing, I'm sure some hippies would think that Bob Dylan sold out when he went electric...but that was a lifetime ago, is he still alive?

He made the change before the hippies were around, but many in the folk movement considered him a major sellout. I have trouble listing any artist as a sellout. The particular artist may or may not be relevant to me, but that doesn't mean it isn't to someone else. If I don't like it, I just won't listen.

Donnie and Marie, after that 3rd album they were sellouts.

Originally Posted by lunchbox

without getting into who's a sellout and who isn't, since i think the definition isn't as simple as it seems... i believe in musical evolution (how to define that depends) and a desire to make money off what makes you happy. what i don't believe in is singing about/against giving in to the man, capitalism, etc. and then turning around and making every quick buck you can. even then, tommy gabel/laura jane grace said it well when she said it's pretty f***ing nice when you can afford the equipment to make the music you want to make.

how does that quote go...

"If you're not a rebel at the age of twenty, you've got no heart. But if you haven't turned establishment by thirty, you've got no brains..."