A rock band can be like a
romantic relationship. So says Rolling
Stone Magazine in The 10 Messiest
Band Breakups.
Here’s the list:
Guns N’ Roses
The Everly Brothers
Oasis
The Police
The Eagles
The Clash
Smashing Pumpkins
Rage Against the Machine
The Pixies
Queensryche
So, we’ve got all the
ingredients. Out of control egos, drugs,
betrayal, rivalry, verbal and physical abuse, smashed guitars, lawyers.
What we don’t have, however,
is the biggest, messiest breakup of all: The Beatles. It was all captured in a butt-ugly, downer of
a film! The lawsuits went on for years!
They wrote nasty songs about one another! People are
still mad at Yoko!
Hell froze over for The
Eagles, and the re-union tour has now lasted longer than the original
band. The Everlys and The Police also
patched up and cashed in. Shouldn’t one
of these bands be pushed aside?
I mean, this is not a list about honour and glory, but
The Beatles gave us more than enough drama - and stupidity - to “earn” a place
on this particular list. It’s all too
much.
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