Bands that used to be great, but went commercial

[absyntheNsugar]

Fleetwood Mac, Genesis and The Eagles all were good once....

Try and think of some others....

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. I've always thought the Eagles were a mediocre middle of the road

crap band...they haven't disappointed me.

[absyntheNsugar]

7. Their first 2 albums were fairly good

But they definitely sold out...but then again they always were an AM radio band.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. Same here-they drove me to Punk Rock as a kid

:D

[absyntheNsugar]

12. If the Eagles drove you to punk

One can only Imagine what bands like Kansas and Foreigner did...LOL

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

25. Kansas and Foreigner was right about the time I discovered the joys

of self mutilation.
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hated 'em. Thank goodness for soul music.

50. Kansas sold out before they got a contract

I know this because the original band broke up & the leader reformed them with different personnel but same name to get a contract.
The original band was actually not bad, influenced by Zappa and King Crimson. I heard them live when I was in high school. Some of them lived in the town I was living in at the time.

[MrSlayer]

2. Selloutica the band formerly known as Metallica.

Easily the worst offenders to me. A once great Heavy Metal band sells out to the commercial radio market and become ballad writing pussies. It's quite sickening.

[patchdickens]

5. AWW...COME ONE NOW

THEY ARE STILL SOOOO COOOL!

[Triple H]

6. I agree.

They were good up until the mid-90s. Now they suck.

[absyntheNsugar]

9. Yep...Selloutica

Pretty much everything after "And Justice for All"

[patchdickens]

13. are you replying to the the St Anger album?

[PragMantisT]

24. They didn't always suck? n/t

[MrSlayer]

27. No, first four were classics. Rest is trash.

[unblock]

3. disagree completely about the eagles

i think they were remarkably consistent over their years. and they had a huge place in music history in positioning themselves at the cusp between country and rock. the more "rockin'" country musicians like garth brooks and hank williams jr. owe the eagles a big debt of gratitude for paving the way.

oh, and, don't even THINK about naming the rolling stones in this thread. they were ALWAYS sellouts.

[patchdickens]

20. eagles were cool then

and are still cool now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HuckleB]

48. You may enjoy their music.

And more power to you, if you do.

But The Eagles were never cool.

[johnnie]

47. The Eagles..

...never really thrilled me. I would have to say that they are the ones that owe a lot to The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Mike Nesmith and many others who were doing what the Eagles did well before the Eagles. But, there is room for everyone and what all listeners like to listen to.

[Triple H]

4. Limp Bizkit...

They were awesome before they sold out.

[patchdickens]

10. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THEY ARE STILL AWESOME!! GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, PLEASE. THANKS1

[JCMach1]

16. sorry, but they always did it for the bling bling

SELL OUTS from the start.

[patchdickens]

17. i disagree

i heard them when they were in jacksonville, fl. starting out and they havent changed as far as i am concerned!!!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

21. Manufactured MTV product from the get go. Watch this:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/view/

Frontline show sheds some insight into how Limp Bizkit was sold to America (especially the last segment). I think they shot their wad of talent early on.

[chenGOD]

51. That was a great video. Thanks for the link.

I have a few ideas now on how to get some teens I know that are definitely ahead of the trend to subvert the marketing. :)

[ComerPerro]

36. It is impossible for Limp Bizkit to sell out

Because they have nothing to sell. No talent, no artistic integrity.

They suck, and they were only in it for the fame and money.

[mvd]

37. I never liked them

But I respect their fans. That's just how I am. On that note, I better get to bed. :hi:

[johnnie]

54. From my understanding..

...although I never really listened to Limp Bizkit, my understanding is they were/are a manufactured band. Hence the name Limp Biz (business) Kit. Although I could be mistaken. If so, they were a seller in the first place which means they couldn't sell out.

[SmileyBoy]

11. The Offspring.

They really were punk when they made their album "Smash". Now they're just middle-of-the-road pop-rock.

[Triple H]

15. Blink 182 did that, too.

[mvd]

33. Will give you Blink 182

They deteriorated a bit, but somehow I still like them.

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[shawmut]

14. Kool and the Gang

they started out funky and then turned junky.

[patchdickens]

18. huh

i know who they are, but do the others on this post? i always liked them, especially when i was doing the shuffel at the skating rink!!!!
kool, kool and the gang!!

[maveric]

22. Aerosmith. That Briney Spears Super Bowl gig was the clincher.

They have been commercialized.

[Enraged_Ape]

28. Aerosmith. Absolutely. 100%. Used to be good; now they're horrible.

I never, ever thought that I would look wistfully on the days when a band was regularly strung out on horse and alcohol, but ever since Aerosmith "cleaned up its act", they have sucked harder than a Navy destroyer bilge pump. Their pre-1980 output was great; now they're just gawd-fucking-awful.

I remember getting in a 1970s fight with a classmate about who was better: Aerosmith or KISS. Aerosmith was the clear winner back then. Now I would have to honestly say that KISS has the lead. KISS has always sucked, but they know it, and they STILL don't present themselves as anything but a sucky band.

[dwckabal]

41. Aerosmith--I agree

everything after Pump has been pure shit

[FDRrocks]

23. No Doubt

was good at one point in time. No Doubt, Beacon Street Collection and Tragic Kingdom were decent albums.

[Fleshdancer]

26. No Doubt

I loved them as the ska band that played in the smaller clubs. Oh well. Life goes one.

[mvd]

32. Only Rock Steady is a real departure IMO

That one really grew on me.

[mvd]

29. Have always loved Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, and Eagles

IMO just because an artist goes more mainstream doesn't mean they compromise their integrity. The Beatles' most radio-friendly songs were great. That said, I think Metallica got worse. Aerosmith got worse, but they seem to have finally realized their roots.

[Blue_State_Elitist]

30. Counting Crows

yeah the Coke Commercial, what the fuck?

[mvd]

31. Still great IMO

If you hear the albums.

[Zinfandel]

34. Eagles always sucked..LA bubblegum bullshit!

[mvd]

35. I can't see that at all

To each his own. :-)

[mvd]

56. I think they were a great combo of country and rock

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. :-)

[HuckleB]

45. Yup. Crap from day one is crap from day one.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

38. Hole

oh wait, they never were good.

courtney love just happened to have a extremely talented husband who agreed to ghost-write 'live through this'

[mvd]

55. Disagreed here, too

I think only America's Sweetheart is a disappointment.

[PVnRT]

39. Chicago

Sold out big time after Columbia dropped them.

[Burma Jones]

49. I think they went soft after Terry Kath died (n/t)

[ET Awful]

40. The Jefferson Airplane . . .

to the Jefferson Starship to Starship . . . :puke:

From great albums like Volunteers, Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxters, etc. to . . . "We Built This City on Rock and Roll". Talk about going from great music to complete crap.

[regularguy]

42. We have a winner here!

One of the great bands ever becomes arguably the worst band ever. Quite an accomplishment in a way.....

[buddhamama]

44. indeed

pathetic.

Law Man, put them out of their misery :-)

[FunBobbyMucha]

43. Sting.

From Amnesty International to Mercedes-Benz in twenty short years.

[mvd]

57. I don't like the world music style as much

But I still think he's good. I technically agree with you, though.

[HuckleB]

46. THE BEATLES!

;)

Couldn't help myself.

Actually, the Stones have been terrible since Tattoo You.

[ProfessorGAC]

53. You Came Close To Getting Nuked, HuckleB!

Good thing i opened your post and found out you were kidding or i would have had to cybernuke you. I cannot handle the folks that think the Beatles weren't great.

I can go with your other choice though. I never liked the Stones, and that's gotten me flamed here at DU. I probably deserved it.
The Professor

[asthmaticeog]

58. REM

From '83 when, after seeing the vid for "Radio Free Europe" on then-new MTV, I saved up paper route money to buy "Murmur" up to and including "Document" in 87-88ish, every album was a revelation. Green (major label debut - hmmm...) was a piece of crap ("Stand?" Yuck!), and pretty much every album since has been maudlin, yuppie-pandering and worse than useless. "The little band that could" is no better than Sting now.

[mvd]

59. Disagreed here, too

They still rocked out for a while in the 90s, and I think they do moody very well.

[rumguy]

60. Murmur is an amazing album - damn it's almost perfect