It's often tough to decipher between a bands sound simply evolving and a band selling out for the $$. I stand by my Sugar Ray and Goo Goo Dolls post from the beginning of the thread.
I think there's some unknowledge (gimme a break, I'm drinking) here about what "selling out" might be. It's an overused term that often doesn't apply to groups that many people think it applies to. Bands are almost always making music that they want to play (e.g. Metallica and (as much as I hate them (look at that bracketing!)) Green Day). Whereas some groups are meant to be commercial upon release (e.g. KISS (though Animalize is the greatest record of the past three decades (more awesome bracketing!)) and Crazy Town). What I'm trying to say is: (1) often groups sell out before they even release a record; (2) groups that move to big labels (e.g. Sonic Youth and Nirvana) simply see a larger record label as a larger platform on which to allow more people to listen to their music; and (3) groups that change their sound to something "more mainstream" or "different" evolve their sound based on personal preference, rather than sales.
BTW, I don't think Metallica has released a poor album, sans Load and Death Magnetic... and even those aren't that bad
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