Why do people call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good charlotte "Sellouts"? (alternative, hardcore)

tjtech12 · 02-19-2008, 04:04 PM

"Selling out" implies that one has abandoned the values and morals they claimed to believe in order to gain something more superficial. In the sense of a band, it means they changed their sound/ethics to make more money. Anti-Flag sold out. But I don't get why the aforementioned bands "sold out" since they never showed even the slightest evidence of ethics or integrity?

02-19-2008, 04:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
tjtech12 A Dude Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 161	Why do people call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good charlotte "Sellouts"? "Selling out" implies that one has abandoned the values and morals they claimed to believe in order to gain something more superficial. In the sense of a band, it means they changed their sound/ethics to make more money. Anti-Flag sold out. But I don't get why the aforementioned bands "sold out" since they never showed even the slightest evidence of ethics or integrity? __________________ alive and well, i live to be alive, i live to always strive for something more.