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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
usually goers much deeper with bands... living on tour busses together for years before making any money is a breeding ground for issues that are demonstrated at latter time
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In my early 20's I wrote for a music magazine. I interviewed a lot of different bands and wrote about a lot of bands. Some of them were big, or got big at the time I was writing about them, but many of there were small bands that might have a small local fan base and were struggling to build a following and find success.
If there are two things you can count on from many bands it is flakiness and ego problems.
Musicians, at their core, are artists and it is rare that you can get a group together who all share the same vision. When you struggle to succeed you fight about which direction the band should go. When you do find success there is a good chance at least a few members of the band are not going to be very happy about the type of music you are playing and it will cause problem.
I have seen many bands just on the cusp of success, some of them having been offered major label deals, break up over the dumbest shit.
Something like what is happening with Bon Jovi is no shock. Sambora co-wrote just about every hit they have had, yet it is Jon's name on the band and he is the face of the band. I bet over time Richie just got fed up with it and decided he was just as responsible for the success of the band ans Jon and wanted more money. Add money to an already volatile relationship and you have explosions.