How a 2007 Wendy’s ad and subsequent lawsuit broke up Violent Femmes.
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Career Killers
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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.
Lou Pearlman was one of the most influential music moguls of his time. And one of the biggest fraudsters.
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(Legal) Career Killers: The Lovin’ Spoonful, Buffalo Springfield and Pot Busts.
Remember when marijuana was seen as a dangerous, illegal gateway drug? It helped kill two seminal 60s bands.
How the Mann Act took down the “Father of Rock & Roll.”
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Don Henley?
Michelle Branch has always had a strong following. Too bad contract law has always been stronger.
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.
We’ve seen several careers come to an end on (or above) the stage of the MTV Video Music Awards.
Gary Barlow was supposed to be the next George Michael. Compared to Robbie Williams, he might as well have been Andrew Ridgeley. What happened?
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(Legal) Career Killers: R. Kelly and RICO, The Mann Act, Sex Abuse Laws, Child Pornography, Child Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor Laws…
R. Kelly seemed untouchable. But then Surviving R. Kelly hit the airwaves.
George Michael was on the verge of being the biggest pop star in the world — until his lawsuit against Sony.
Biz Markie’s career never recovered after a copyright lawsuit over sampling.
Nothing splits up a band faster or more effectively than money.