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Depends on if something changed. For example I really liked Tom macdonald early on but he seemed to just chase the algorithm (openly so) and turned right wing upon popularity. Immediately lost my interest. Just how it goes sometimes.
I agree in principle with this.  My only counterpoint would be bands that change their style when they become popular.  There are people who attach their own self worth to the fact they "discovered" a band.  It is kind of sad. >

I was about to say just that. There's been a few bands that have changed, or started "experimenting" once they got recognition and the new sound just wasn't my thing >

When artists I like start to get big, they typically change their sound enough where I don’t like the music anymore. I will still listen to the old stuff, but I personally can’t tolerate the overproduced pop stuff >

yeah and then instead of paying $8 to see them at "The Smell" you have to pay $78 to see them at "CorpoBank Arena" >

Exactly. Id much rather go to the smell >

Nah… take the Black Eyed Peas for example. They were really good before they got big and before Fergie was the main face. They sold out and the music became terrible >

oooooohhhhh!!! black eyed peas is a great example!!! they were a real, legit, "underground" hip hop act with soul and political motives. but they sold out so fucking hard. i want to say it was "Kroll Show" that did a biting sketch making fun of bands who sell out and they use a BEP-like band as the brunt of the joke.
it starts off with some street kids rapping on the street about the evils of corporate power and then it's a rapid-fire montage of them changing and growing and before they (the characters) realize it they are doing a commercial and it's the same lyrics but they've been reconstituted to sell some soft drink or something. >

I can’t believe they kept the original name of the group after they sold out. They were no where near the same realm of music as before >

did the band get popular because they wrote something from their hearts and people genuinely responded to it?
or did they get popular because they wrote a "pop album" that veers away from their original style and artistic choices?
if a band you enjoy takes a left turn and releases an album with a radically different sound... yeah you're allowed to say "i don't like this."
timeless example would be dylan going electric
as for being a "bad fan" fuck that. i'm not committing to the people. i'm into the music. you don't owe an allegiance to the artists who are making the music. you're allowed to say "i liked albums 1 and 2, but album 3 and four sucked, but i kind of liked album 5". it's not a church. you don't have to give yourself fully to the artist. you're allowed to pick-and-choose the songs/albums that you like. >

Agreed, but banda that get big usually sell out and/or change their music to suit a larger audience. >

Mainstream music is generic and fell off, underground music is way better now. >

Yeah underground music is good but if the person/group becomes popular you shouldn’t start to hate on them. They still released the good music that you liked at one point. >

True but like many other artists they could get caught up with fame and start to put out less quality music than they did when they were underground which leads them to losing some of their original fanbase.