With a few notable exceptions, it's an eventual inevitability that a rock band will split up. Many are victims of their own success — their songs became so commercially successful that the pressure to...
These Bands Only Broke Up Because A Member Died
With a few notable exceptions, it's an eventual inevitability that a rock band will split up. Many are victims of their own success — their songs became so commercially successful that the pressure to make more becomes too much for the band members to bear. Or all of the money they get from being one of the biggest bands in the world — and/or the desire to acquire more of it — drives a wedge between the musicians. This is to say nothing of the other reasons why bands fall apart, like your garden
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