Music Banter - View Single Post - Why do people call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good charlotte "Sellouts"?

satanic skinhead · 04-11-2008, 12:56 PM

I agree, it is wrong to call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good Charlotte "sellouts" because that assumes that they at any point had any goal other than what is purely commercial. Selling out means that at one point they traded in their values in order to make money/get fame/whatever, but essentially selling out has been their value and intent since day one, so they never had to sell out to do so.

[EDIT]: Hehe, just read the OP, we say the same thing. Tee hee.

04-11-2008, 12:56 PM	#57 (permalink)
satanic skinhead Groupie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 42	I agree, it is wrong to call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good Charlotte "sellouts" because that assumes that they at any point had any goal other than what is purely commercial. Selling out means that at one point they traded in their values in order to make money/get fame/whatever, but essentially selling out has been their value and intent since day one, so they never had to sell out to do so. [EDIT]: Hehe, just read the OP, we say the same thing. Tee hee. Last edited by satanic skinhead; 04-11-2008 at 05:58 PM.