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zer00eyz 3 hours ago

This comment feels like it's from the early 90's when people were being critical of bands for selling out.

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BaseBaal 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Reminds me of Tool's reaction to that trend, "Hooker with a Penis"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker_with_a_Penis

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InsideOutSanta 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

AKA the good old times when it wasn't as culturally accepted to be openly evil if it made money.

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BoingBoomTschak 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is there something wrong with being critical of bands for selling out, though?

	▲	bryanrasmussen an hour ago \| parent [-]
		the concept of selling out often seems seriously under-specified, and thus, like many things in our society, it becomes a tool for one set of people to improve their own status by attacking another set of people. It is in the end a moral stance on what are the proper aesthetics, which is the kind of thing that manages to make both morality and aesthetics extremely suspect.

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antonvs 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's a very different situation. An individual "anchoring their identity" to a brand isn't doing so to earn money, which is why bands "sell out". It's just a choice they make about who they are, and I have to agree with GP that that seems tragically uncool.

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thwarted 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Except this is being critical of the popularity and fans, not the band.