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10 Ways Musicians Piss Off Their Fans

In: Found Online| Music

27 Jun 2008

For those of us that love music, nothing is worse than an artist that you like doing something to piss you off.  There are several things that musicians notoriously do that leave their fans upset.  Here are a few from the list:

Canceling Shows
Listen, we get that crap happens, and that the odd show cancellation is unavoidable and completely understandable. But, if Kanye West can perform a show ONE WEEK after his mother died, we don’t want to hear any of your hangover/laziness excuses. (I’m looking at you Justin Timberlake. Clearly, the Smirnoff Ice has, once again, proven to be too much for you.) Anyway, if your fans take the time out of their schedules to buy tickets to your show, the profits of which helps support you and your cool rock star lifestyle, and you can’t even bother to show up, well, you can just colour them not pleased.

Becoming Wussies
Can I just ask what the hell happened to Aerosmith? I mean, Dream On, Sweet Emotion, Same Old Song and Dance…genius. Then we get Don’t Want to Miss a Thing. What the hell is up with that? Listen – experiment with your sound, do what you got to do to mix it up a little, but don’t become complete and utter wussies. How might you know if you’ve become wussies? When your biggest fan base switches to soccer moms and wedding singers, you just know that something has gone horribly, horribly wrong. At that point, fix the situation as it’s become embarrassing for us to watch.

Other things listed in the article are being greedy, re-retiring, or even being Metallica.  It’s a pretty funny (and true!) read.

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  • I hate when groups don't play their old hit songs. As cheesy as it sounds, the best concert I went to was Richard Marx last year. Granted he's kind of a has been so the tickets were cheap and the seats incredibly good but the show was awesome. He played some new stuff but mostly his old stuff, engaged the crowd, didn't have tons of thrills and lights or whatnot (actually none of that), and hardly took a break between each song. I love it!

    nandangos last blog post..My Heaven
  • I hate when groups don't play their old hit songs. As cheesy as it sounds, the best concert I went to was Richard Marx last year. Granted he's kind of a has been so the tickets were cheap and the seats incredibly good but the show was awesome. He played some new stuff but mostly his old stuff, engaged the crowd, didn't have tons of thrills and lights or whatnot (actually none of that), and hardly took a break between each song. I love it!

    nandangos last blog post..My Heaven
  • Ha, Richad Marx... Awesome! But yeah, the hit songs are usually what I want to hear when I go to a show. Save the new songs until they have become hits, then play them!
  • Ha, Richad Marx... Awesome! But yeah, the hit songs are usually what I want to hear when I go to a show. Save the new songs until they have become hits, then play them!
  • "...or even being Metallica."

    that's too funny.

    Steven Tyler is still alive?! Thought that man was at least 100yrs old (him and Mick Jagger). Maybe Alzheimers has robbed them of remembering the lyrics to the old songs, thus the reason behind the sound change.

    scotties last blog post..Life’s smiley face moments….
  • "...or even being Metallica."

    that's too funny.

    Steven Tyler is still alive?! Thought that man was at least 100yrs old (him and Mick Jagger). Maybe Alzheimers has robbed them of remembering the lyrics to the old songs, thus the reason behind the sound change.

    scotties last blog post..Life’s smiley face moments….
  • It is a simple fact that money, or the pursuit of it, changes people. They are not the same "hungry" artists they were when they made their good stuff.

    morethananelectricians last blog post..Another class with the Complainers
  • It is a simple fact that money, or the pursuit of it, changes people. They are not the same "hungry" artists they were when they made their good stuff.

    morethananelectricians last blog post..Another class with the Complainers
  • Ha! Great post. Nice timing. I knew a guy back in school who went on to become a semi-famous singer. Back when he was unknown, he was real personable, asked me to help at one of his concerts, and I took time out to do so for free. About a month ago I found him on Facebook and wrote him a letter about my business. He didn't even bother to respond! Man, some people get really arrogant when they find success. I guess the page might be fake, but that's doubtful...

    It's annoying when musicians become annoying. :-P

    Dubes last blog post..Obama is funny!
  • Ha! Great post. Nice timing. I knew a guy back in school who went on to become a semi-famous singer. Back when he was unknown, he was real personable, asked me to help at one of his concerts, and I took time out to do so for free. About a month ago I found him on Facebook and wrote him a letter about my business. He didn't even bother to respond! Man, some people get really arrogant when they find success. I guess the page might be fake, but that's doubtful...

    It's annoying when musicians become annoying. :-P

    Dubes last blog post..Obama is funny!
  • Oh and PS... In case anyone asks, no I won't say who the person is. :-P

    Dubes last blog post..Obama is funny!
  • Oh and PS... In case anyone asks, no I won't say who the person is. :-P

    Dubes last blog post..Obama is funny!
  • yeah, it's too bad when they forget we "little people". Third Day is a great example of how it doesn't have to be that way!
  • yeah, it's too bad when they forget we "little people". Third Day is a great example of how it doesn't have to be that way!
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