Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.
Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together.
There's a lot of bands that get to a certain level, and it just stops. They scrap it. Compare this to, say, The Rolling Stones or The Who, where they just continued on forever and are still playing, or they quit after 20 years.
I think that every band tries to mature their sound through their existence, you know?
It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.'
That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. They only get halfway there or a quarter of the way there.
I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.
It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's broken, it's impossible to continue.
Obviously any band, any group, someday is not going to be together anymore. That's the truth.
Sadly, I've seen a lot of bands hit that sort of peak and then eventually start supporting again, you know, which we will never do. We always put a lot of thought into the way that we are going to go, and we always change.