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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
I just saw The Eagles a few nights ago in Bangkok. Fucking amazing how great these guys are live. Sold out of course.
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Yeah they are. Joe Walsh is as good as any guitar player alive. And Don Henley is only rivaled by Levon Helm as far as singing drummers go.
Yeah, The Eagles can still sell out. When The Stones go back out they will too. U2 can do it too.
But the newer acts are falling down hard. Not that many of them have much talent to begin with since the entire "farm system" of working your way up through nightclubs has been extinct for over 20 years now. So these new bands and artists don't have any experience to speak of (I probably played more minutes on stage in 1 night of 6 45 minutes sets than Justin Bieber has in his whole life) and they suck in comparison to what bands used to be.
Now add in piracy...and there is no reason left for the music industry. First it killed itself with corporate "artists" (black rap acts that were really puppets on strings to white managers and generic bands like NickelBack), and the rap and hip hop led to the death of the big rock clubs where bands like us used to tour the country, which led to no new bands or artists with true talent, which led to no big bands with long careers and a chance to build a HUGE fan base (think Eagles, Stones, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, etc.)
So now everything is free...and people aren't emotionally invested in these new bands enough to buy their albums anyway. They aren't "Fans" of the bands anymore.
Perfect storm.