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