Remember when marijuana was seen as a dangerous, illegal gateway drug? It helped kill two seminal 60s bands.
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Career Killers
How the Mann Act took down the “Father of Rock & Roll.”
George Michael was on the verge of being the biggest pop star in the world — until his lawsuit against Sony.
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.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Don Henley?
“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.