Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Don Henley?
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Career Killers
Michelle Branch has always had a strong following. Too bad contract law has always been stronger.
Biz Markie’s career never recovered after a copyright lawsuit over sampling.
Lip syncing and not performing on albums are nothing new. But when Milli Vanilli did it, people lost their minds.
Nothing splits up a band faster or more effectively than money.
Gary Barlow was supposed to be the next George Michael. Compared to Robbie Williams, he might as well have been Andrew Ridgeley. What happened?
How an iconic, generation-defining song helped break up the band that recorded it.
Garth Brooks conquered country. Then he tried to cross over into pop-rock. Kind of. It’s still really confusing — even 22 years later.
R.E.M.’s “Three-Legged Dog” Era produced some good music. It also gave us this terrible album.
The Cars tried to go back-to-basics with “Door to Door.” Instead, they broke up for decades.
Sugar Ray was, perhaps, the ultimate party band of the late 90s/early 00s. Then the party ended.
“Be Here Now” was a perfect disaster in many ways.
We’ve seen several careers come to an end on (or above) the stage of the MTV Video Music Awards.
The Super Bowl Halftime Show is a massive platform. So when things go bad, they can end careers.
Pearl Jam was about to be the next U2 or Led Zeppelin. But then they took a page out of Neil Young’s book.