Why do people call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good charlotte "Sellouts"? (hardcore, fan)

tjtech12 · 02-19-2008, 04:04 PM

"Selling out" implies that one has abandoned the values and morals they claimed to believe in order to gain something more superficial. In the sense of a band, it means they changed their sound/ethics to make more money. Anti-Flag sold out. But I don't get why the aforementioned bands "sold out" since they never showed even the slightest evidence of ethics or integrity?

sleepy jack · 02-19-2008, 04:05 PM

Fall Out Boy use to be a hardcore band, though they never released anything or got very far.

tjtech12 · 02-19-2008, 04:10 PM

Yeah, Pete Wentz did used to play in hardcore bands. Bad example.

Lizzie · 02-19-2008, 04:22 PM

I don't really think that they are sell-outs at all, I just think they are horrible horrible bands

655321 · 02-23-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lizzie

I don't really think that they are sell-outs at all, I just think they are horrible horrible bands

where would most people go to get there merch (hats, shirts, patches, cds, jackets blah blah)?
:hot topic
yep they sold out
and horrible in my opinion

sk2nightfire2 · 08-06-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 655321

where would most people go to get there merch (hats, shirts, patches, cds, jackets blah blah)?
:hot topic
yep they sold out
and horrible in my opinion

lol, so does that make Black Flag and Bad Brains sellouts? I remember my friend buying them from hot topic.

DJ Phoenix · 09-14-2008, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Lizzie

I don't really think that they are sell-outs at all, I just think they are horrible horrible bands

AMEN to you!!

I wish Pete Wentz would buy a big knife...and run into it...repeatedly!!!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-19-2008, 04:25 PM

When someone says 'Fall Out Boy' sold out what they actually mean is 'Two years ago they were my favourite band and now I realise how shit they really are & now I have to say something to save face , so if I say they sold out it means I can get away with liking their early stuff , even though that stuff is just as bad as what they are doing now'.

You can look it up in the dictionary under 'Green Day effect , The'

cardboard adolescent · 02-19-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

When someone says 'Fall Out Boy' sold out what they actually mean is 'Two years ago they were my favourite band and now I realise how shit they really are & now I have to say something to save face , so if I say they sold out it means I can get away with liking their early stuff , even though that stuff is just as bad as what they are doing now'.

You can look it up in the dictionary under 'Green Day effect , The'

screw you dookie pwns

boo boo · 04-07-2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

screw you dookie pwns

Yeah. Only album from them I really like though.

Its not that I think they sold out, its just that while their stuff was cool when they started out, its boring to hear them do the same crap like 15 years later.

02-19-2008, 04:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
tjtech12 A Dude Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 161	Why do people call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good charlotte "Sellouts"? "Selling out" implies that one has abandoned the values and morals they claimed to believe in order to gain something more superficial. In the sense of a band, it means they changed their sound/ethics to make more money. Anti-Flag sold out. But I don't get why the aforementioned bands "sold out" since they never showed even the slightest evidence of ethics or integrity? __________________ alive and well, i live to be alive, i live to always strive for something more.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	When someone says 'Fall Out Boy' sold out what they actually mean is 'Two years ago they were my favourite band and now I realise how shit they really are & now I have to say something to save face , so if I say they sold out it means I can get away with liking their early stuff , even though that stuff is just as bad as what they are doing now'. You can look it up in the dictionary under 'Green Day effect , The' __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.