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A lot of groups that helped shape music, ended up going to shit in later years.

This sub is a place to enjoy the music that was eventually overshadowed by their later attempts to make money rather than good music.

Please share your memories of good music vs sell-out music here!

A lot of groups that helped shape music, ended up going to shit in later years. This sub is a place to enjoy the music that was eventually overshadowed by their later attempts to make money rather than good music. Please share your memories of good music vs sell-out music [here! ](https://poal.co/s/BeforeTheySucked/hot)

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Killing in the name of will always be an awesome track.

But if you want a sellout - Midnight Oil, great aussie band, enviro activists in the late 70s to 90s. (Blue Sky Town was about Wittenoom and blue asbestos, great tune)

Peter Garret ends up Environment minister.

No more environment activism.

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That seems to be most bands. The sound changes and they can't, so they alienate their old fans and can't attract new ones.

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To be fair, I'm an old fucker and remember appreciating the origins of a lot of groups who ultimately made their fame playing bullshit music, and nobody ever heard their "good stuff." Hopefully this sub will become a repository of those old good songs that show the creativity these groups had before selling out.

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Glad to see you doing this. Every year they go farther into the past.

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less than jake is the opposite

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Metallica. From Motorbreath to Enter Sandman.

The fall of legend. "I can't take it, any other way." to "Off to never never land." Sad.