The Average Shelf-Life Of A Band

**Janszoon** · 01-22-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

I don't think Monster is great, but i like the overall "feel" of it. On the plus side, a couple of the songs were really awesome. Strange Currencies, What's the Frequency Kenneth?, and Circus Envy are some of my favorite latter-day R.E.M. tunes.

Meh. To me even the best songs on that album, like "Crush with Eyeliner", are merely mediocre. When it came out it was by far the worst thing they had ever released and it kind of killed my interest in the band overall.

loveissucide · 01-23-2010, 07:45 AM

Strongly depends on whether or not the band can maintain any sense of creative momentum and change over a long period of time ie Wilco,Radiohead,Modest Mouse. Otherwise the band will either a)lapse into a rut, b)peter out with nobody listening or c)collapse.

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