Results: Note To Band: Don't Anger Your Fans!
Published on 01/09/2019
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Since 2006's '10,000 Days', Tool fans have been anticipating a new album. And when a band has such a passionate, almost cult-like fan base, followers can become enraged when new music withdrawals linger for too long. In a 2014 interview, guitarist Adam Jones revealed that a big part of the reason for the delay is a lawsuit that Tool are currently dealing with, adding, "It's time that they [fans] understand what's going on." In March 2015, Jones revealed that the lawsuit had been settled in the band's favor, and as such, the band was turning their focus towards recording the album. Yet, over four years later, the band has still not released their new album, which they have promised will be "soon". Yet, Tool fans, while angry over the delay, still hold out hope. Although Tool has been around since 1990, oddly enough, they have only released four albums -- the first in 1993, then in 1996, 2001 and 2006. Has a band or artist you like ever upset you by delaying a new album for too long?
No
54%
1161 votes
Yes!
15%
310 votes
Don't really follow music
40%
856 votes
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Dedicated music fans have often turned on a band or artist for delaying an album, cancelling a concert or (maybe the worst) changing musical direction. Do you remember any of these incidents that totally angered dedicated fans?
No fan base in rock—or anywhere outside of the major world religions for that matter—is more fanatically devoted to the cause than that of the Grateful Dead. But in 1987, with the release of their album, the Lite-FM-ready In the Dark album, and the group's selection of a long-standing concert favorite "Touch of Grey," to serve as their very first slick MTV video, fans were shocked. "Touch of Grey" went over huge in the mainstream and brought with it a huge new influx of Deadheads. But for the original fans, maybe a little piece of them died when that album was released.
9%
200 votes
At the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Bob Dylan was already the folk hero of the 1950s and early '60s. His visionary lyrics and unprecedented songwriting had already produced the anthemic hits "Blowin' in the Wind," and "The Times They Are A-Changin'." So no one was prepared for Dylan who came on with, among other players, Mike Bloomfield on guitar and Al Kooper on organ, and went totally electric. They plugged in, powered up, and rocked out, eliciting jeers and boos from the crowd. It's often said that numerous concertgoers felt so betrayed they shouted "Judas!"
10%
223 votes
Metallica was well known as Thrash Metal band. They released 4 brilliant Thrash Metal albums at the start. Then they released an okay Heavy Metal album, which was still good, but not as fast and thrashy as previous albums they are known for. But then, in 1996, 'Load' came out, which isn't even Heavy Metal, it's Pop — Hard Rock, not Metal at all. But perhaps what angered their fans the most, was that the entire band decided to cut their hair all at once. Plain and simple, fans felt they had "sold out".
11%
230 votes
Squeaky clean crooner Pat Boone shocked his fans in 1997, when he released 'In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy'. This collection of lounge-jazz versions of hard rock classics includes Pat's versions of Judas Priest's "You've Got Another Thing Coming," Dio's "Holy Diver," Ozzy's "Crazy Train," and AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)." His conservative, Christian core audience found his flirtation with the dark side, however it was intended, absolutely frightening. Thousands wrote and called his office to protest. Trinity Broadcast Network pulled Pat's weekly Gospel America program off the air. In response, Boone went on a religious media tour explaining In a Metal Move as a form of evangelizing. "
11%
231 votes
Remember all of these
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114 votes
Do not remember any of these
77%
1635 votes
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A wrong move can certainly take its toll on a group's popularity, or even affect record sales, but for one group, it literally ended their career in mere days. In May 2017, the celebrated New York punk band PWR BTTM — a.k.a Liv Bruce and Ben Hopkins, a duo of gender-nonconforming artists in their 20s — was preparing for the triumphant release of a highly anticipated sophomore record, "Pageant." Rave reviews were pouring in and the band seemed poised for a breakthrough moment. But then came a May 10 Facebook post accusing Hopkins of a history of sexual assault and predatory behavior, a warning message that rapidly spread across social media. In a matter of days, the band's idolized status had utterly imploded; in less than a week PWR BTTM's music had all but vanished online, after its record label requested that the band's work be removed from digital stores and streaming services. Concerts were cancelled, and refunds offered to fans who had already purchased tickets. Do you know any other band or musician whose careers ended for a bad move?
No
49%
1049 votes
Yes
16%
340 votes
Not really following music
45%
964 votes
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