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.
George Michael was on the verge of being the biggest pop star in the world — until his lawsuit against Sony.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Don Henley?
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.
Biz Markie’s career never recovered after a copyright lawsuit over sampling.
Nothing splits up a band faster or more effectively than money.
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?
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.