Badfinger were supposed to be the next Beatles. Instead, they paid a tragic price for having bad, unscrupulous management.
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How a 2007 Wendy’s ad and subsequent lawsuit broke up Violent Femmes.
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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.
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George Michael was on the verge of being the biggest pop star in the world — until his lawsuit against Sony.
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Don Henley?
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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.
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Biz Markie’s career never recovered after a copyright lawsuit over sampling.
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Nothing splits up a band faster or more effectively than money.
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We’ve seen several careers come to an end on (or above) the stage of the MTV Video Music Awards.
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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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How an iconic, generation-defining song helped break up the band that recorded it.
How the Mann Act took down the “Father of Rock & Roll.”
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.