Personally, I think its ridiculous to say bands have "sold out" or are "Poseurs". Unless you actually know the people in the band (or you heard it from their lips), you don't know what their modivation for doing anything is. And what is selling out anyway? I hardly think that if a band is popular that they have "sold out". They are just successful at what they do. If someone gets a promotion at their job (other than a band), do we call it selling out? Its the same way for bands, when they get popular, they are getting a promotion. Now maybe along the way, they "sold out", but I have a hard time thinking that every popular and semi-popular band has sold themselves out. Stop hating on every band you dislike. If you dont like them for whatever reason, don't listen to them. You have a choice. But just because you dislike them, it gives you no reason to tear them down as people, or as musicians.
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