metallica just sold out to another level

they are releasing their new single through that rock band game

the mars volta lol

are you serious

But, I think that big time obvious sellouts would be bands like Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, etc.

Are you kidding me? None of those bands "sold out".

All of those bands progressed, in a pretty logical way, too.

I would say Kiss, but I don't think ever really done anything for any reason besides making money, so I can't really consider them a sellout.

That one album Jewel made is probably the berst example I can think of. 

I would say Kiss, but I don't think ever really done anything for any reason besides making money, so I can't really consider them a sellout.

That one album Jewel made is probably the berst example I can think of. 

Kiss is probably the biggest most accurate example of a sell out band. They made probably just as much money on their music, as they have from merchandise. Not just shirts, and the normal things bands do for merchandise. But they had EVERYTHING in KISS. Watch an episode of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, just once if you want proof of the kinda crap they have no problem selling with thier name or face on it.

mozart

Honestly, an artist produced once by Mike Patton will probably never make a better album that is not produced by him.

any album produced by steve albini is inherently better than any album produced by mike patton

Kiss is probably the biggest most accurate example of a sell out band. They made probably just as much money on their music, as they have from merchandise. Not just shirts, and the normal things bands do for merchandise. But they had EVERYTHING in KISS. Watch an episode of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, just once if you want proof of the kinda crap they have no problem selling with thier name or face on it.

Yeah but this was what Kiss were always about, there was little-to-no change.

It's official Tay Zonday has soldout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x2W12A8Qow

It is pretty disgusting, not that he's all that great to start out with

man
are you+all the people commenting that video serious about him being a sellout?
this guy went from being an artist of 0 calibre before to being an artist of 0 calibre now.
nothing changed.

the old song wasnt any kind of good, sounded like something he just shit out on a whim.
if anything, this new one was a step up.

and it has tv smashing and hot womens

edit: AND OH MY GANGTA RAPPIN

most people just get pissy whenever their precious underground sweethearts suddenly get recognised by the general public and don't feel so special and exclusive anymore. that's why "sell out" has got such a completely negative connotation, cos most people who complain about bands who do it don't really give a shit about why it's lame. and it is lame, but i don't see how it's even important. if a band is stupid enough to really sell themselves out, then they were always stupid and you shouldn't give a shit anyway.

for instance with RHCP, these guys used to be my ultimate favourite guys ever and i ate their whole scene up, read kiedis' book and everything. then with all the shit they pulled around stadium arcadium and the album itself, i could now give no less of a shit about these guys! even john, who had been my main man for years. their old music doesn't interest me anymore. sure they have some good sounding tracks, but i don't feel like listening to them anymore.

If I didn't say it before Merzbow because he did an album with BEATS

I don't think its truly selling out if a band commercialises its sound more.

that is exactly what selling out means.

here's a helpful table

if a band sounds commercial to begin with-> it is impossible for them to sell out
if a band sounds a certain way and gets better-> this is not selling out.
if a band sounds a certain way and sacrifices their sound for mainstream appeal-> this is selling out.

do not confuse the second for the third! the National is accused of the third but instead did the second (imho hahahaha). Chamillionaire cannot sell out because he has always been about stacking paper. Common sold out because he used to be fiercely anti-commercial and afro-centric and now he markets Sketchers.