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That is the exact opposite of America. Here it's very rare for a band to fill a stadium without being around for 1-2 decades.
But it wasn't always like this. I think in the 60s through the 90s, bands could do this without being around for very long.
― Vanilla Douche (res), Monday, 3 May 2010 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah geir, like the music press hyping up bands, dropping them, hyping up newer bands has only happened in the internet age..
It happens to a larger and larger degree. Surely didn't happen a lot in the 60s and 70s, when many of the still stadium filling dinosaur acts were slowly building their careers.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 3 May 2010 09:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I think in the 60s through the 90s, bands could do this without being around for very long.
Many of the biggest bands of the early 70s were so-called "supergroups" consisting of members who were already partly famous from other bands. Making it easier for them to establish a name quickly.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 3 May 2010 09:55 (fourteen years ago) link