James

When a band changes their style in order to be accepted by a mainstream audience.

Zer0

Exactly. But i suppose a better way to put it would be when a band compromises their style in order to be accepted by a mainstream audience.







Yeah close this thread it's only going to go around in circles.

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The Bullet

Depends on the level of comprimise. If the band doesn't even like the music that much, that's definately selling out. If the band leaves one or two slow and long songs off of an album, that's debatable. I think the line is somewhere in-between.

To me, Muse is an example of a band that has sold out. I mean, the video for their newest song has Twilight clips. (Music videos, as well as the music, is art. I think I should restate: if a band comprimises their art.) That's obviously "comprimising", if not completely ruining their music video.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

I don't think of Muse as being the type of band that could sell out.

They've always been a populist commercial stadium rock act.
I don't see how putting a few movie clips in one of their videos changes a thing.

As for Green Day they were putting out commercial pop songs even before they were signed to a major label. It's not as if their music has made any great changes since then that can't be attributed the the members of the band reaching middle age.

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TheBig3

fix'd!

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