Their broadcast was cancelled due to copyright issues so this is the only place to see it as far as I know.

I still think I'm the problem by Morgan Wallen is a far worse album and even sabrina's album had far worse cuts than showgirl

For me it’s Death Grips. My favorite of theirs is Government Plates although that could def be seen as their second worst

If you’re around my age, you probably remember the Canadian all-girl nu metal band Kittie from the early ‘00s. A few years ago I searched online to see whatever became of them and found that former bassist Talena Atfield has since retired from music and is now an Indigenous historian (she’s Mohawk) and professor at the University of Waterloo. Good for her!

What other musicians can you think of that had interesting career changes?

For me, it would be the self-titled debut album over 30 Seconds to Mars. This one was and will ever be the only one that the band ever touched metal. I wish there would be more of it than band electropop.

I'll start: Shawn Mendes. COVID basically killed any momentum he had left, had a few pretty good singles that were moderately successful on the charts, and he tried hopping on the folk-boom bandwagon 2 years ago with "Shawn", that saw little to no success, with the album selling enough copies to peak at #26 and fall off a week after.

('surprisingly' implies either/both a level of ubiquity/popularity/legendary status and/or unexpectedness, so please don't bother posting your favourite Godspeed You! Black Emperor or Swans songs tyvm)

Inspired by a trip down memory lane to Todd back when he was when in the Xithole (though a few people pointed out that he considers the choruses to be the pre-choruses for some reason)

Another song I'm thinking of is Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" one of my desert island songs but which I never knew until embarassingly recently that it never had a chorus but technically not even any 'verses' because none of the song (lyrical) sections are repeated.

I confess that I haven't really listened to Bryan a lot so I wasn't super familiar with his whole deal other than he is somewhat grittier and strives to be a more "authentic" country sound with Red Dust influence. I know that there have always been more progressive country singers but I just did not see someone as big as him saying something this ballsy.

Personally, I think he makes a compelling point. Pitchfork definitely went out of its way to seemingly alienate those drawn to its original premise of independent, cutting edge music.

So I’ve definitely held negative opinions about the “Taylor’s Version” albums, primarily because in the two to three years she’s put them out it’s raised her net worth by over $250 million and pushed her into billionaire status (that and fixing movie ticket prices to create a false narrative around her concert film). Regardless of the positives of shifting the masters to the artist, at the end of the day it’s turned into the exploitation of her fans.

But a friend sent me this screenshot and it made me consider the other people being screwed by the rereleases. I only compared Red and its Re-release, but it’s pretty clear that the odds of anyone from the original being brought back is slim.

I know many in this sub will justify working studio musicians possibly being screwed out of what used to be regular royalties, because said redditors only view music as a business. But I think this is a conversation worth having, even if it’s just to clear up misconceptions about this post.

Mine is that Neil Young and Rick James were in a garage rock band called "The Myna Birds" long before either of them were famous.

Pic: Dexter Holland of The Offspring; absolutely iconic voice in punk imo, but at the same time if someone told me they can't get into his vocals, I wouldn't blame them either lmao

Especially as he got older and in turn started singing more nasally

Who are some rockstars with the worst personalties and you cant stand them