music

Michelle Branch has always had a strong following. Too bad contract law has always been stronger.

Thanks to whoever thought my retro-review of Chinese Democracy was worth linking to in Wikipedia. Hopefully they’ll start citing my “Career Killers” series more.

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?

He might not have been the most important musically or on stage, but Depeche Mode will miss Andrew Fletcher. R.I.P. Fletch.

The Super Bowl Halftime Show is a massive platform. So when things go bad, they can end careers.

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.