[markl]

1. Their new record is "a return to their roots".

2. After years on a major with dwindling sales, they show up on an indie label

3. They fire a founding member due to "artistic differences".

4. They employ Glen Ballard as a producer.

5. The lead singer completes a stint in re-hab.

Your turn.

Mark

 

[royboy2k]

6. They release a video on MTV

 

[jpelg]

Or

7. Have their own "Where are they now?" special on VH1.

 

[pigmode]

... the drummer dies.

 

[markl]

8. They re-unite with the member(s) they sacked and tour performing only "early material".

9. They tour as a memorial to their dead drummer.

Mark

 

[neil]

10. They start releasing new albums with 75% of the songs already on previous albums.

 

[eastsidemetalhd]

11. they cut their hair short and try to pass themselves off as an 'alternative' band.

12. they say that their new stuff is more 'mature' and that they have 'evolved' musically. and then put out an album with nothing except ballads and 3-minute radio-rock songs.

13. they try to sue Napster.

 

[radrd]

14. When Yoko Ono starts dating a band member.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

15. They release an album, then do a tour that is almost exclusively the recent album plus improvisational material, because they can't figure out how to do it without a key member (Legendary Pink Dots).

16. They perform a tour with their two biggest lead singers -- who never got along -- and they get along (Van Halen).

17. The main singer and songwriter quits because "God told him to" (Spock's Beard -- Neal Morse was sort of their "Ian Anderson").

18. They're suing each others' asses off over things like oversized inflatable pigs (Pink Floyd).

 

[Jeff Guidry]

19. They wear all black for interviews cause they're getting too fat.

 

[Braver]

Quote:

Originally posted by Dusty Chalk 17. The main singer and songwriter quits because "God told him to" (Spock's Beard -- Neal Morse was sort of their "Ian Anderson").

damn, yeah, that was weird! apparantly, he ran into God on his daily jogging routine, and The Man told him to quit the band after Snow so he could lend Him a hand...

20. when they go back to doing opening acts after headlining for over 20 years...

 

[millerdog]

they haven't released **** in twenty years: steely dan
md

 

[Jeff Guidry]

Oh! Another one.....

22. They go from headlining stadiums to headlining state fairs.....(REO Speedwagon)

 

[j-curve]

23. A band member has to get arrested for something or other every time they release something new.

 

[eastsidemetalhd]

23. they do a song with some rhythm-n-******** singer like Ja-Rule or Ashante as a 'special guest artist'.

24. they play a show with some philharmonic orchestra. and then release an over-priced double cd/dvd of the pathetically neutered results.

25. their bassist leaves them because they are cramping his style with their complex 'contractual obligations'. and because they totally ignore his repeated suggestions to actually write/play some music with balls.

26. they write (bad) radio-rock for the better part of a decade, and then claim that their new material currently being written 'sounds like Meshuggah'.

27. they discard their old logo and put out a string of new shirts that look like ****. (why, Slayer? why???)