Did Yoko, personal tensions or the loss of their manager break up the Beatles? Or was it the lawyers? (It’s usually the lawyers.)
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Oftentimes, legal battles in the music industry are strictly business and not personal. For Irene Cara, however, it certainly felt pretty personal.
Badfinger were supposed to be the next Beatles. Instead, they paid a tragic price for having bad, unscrupulous management.
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(Legal) Career Killers: Michael Jackson v. Sony and the People of the State of California.
How a chain-reaction of events in the early 2000s led to Michael Jackson’s downfall.
How the Mann Act took down the “Father of Rock & Roll.”
“Be Here Now” was a perfect disaster in many ways.
Lip syncing and not performing on albums are nothing new. But when Milli Vanilli did it, people lost their minds.
Was Billy Idol ahead of his time with “Cyberpunk”? Of course. But that doesn’t mean the album is good or deserved to be successful.
How record label politics, changing times, deteriorating personal relationships and splitting with hitmaking songwriters and producers ended Boyz II Men’s run as chart-topping hitmakers.
After the success of “Another One Bites the Dust,” Queen recorded an entire album in that vein. Too bad the songs weren’t as good.
A rare instance where a band’s most successful album helped lead to its demise.
How a 2007 Wendy’s ad and subsequent lawsuit broke up Violent Femmes.
In honor of the upcoming World Cup, here are some of my coins from previous tournaments.
The Cars tried to go back-to-basics with “Door to Door.” Instead, they broke up for decades.
How “Yes Please!” by the Happy Mondays was like the “Heaven’s Gate” for albums.
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