blink 182 is not a sellout

Selling out is changing dramatically and going against ones fans for worldly pleasures such as money and fame. Some people pin this on blink182 because of it’s extensive line of paraphernalia, and the inflation of ticket pricing. A message board post reads, “ A band is a sellout when it starts making super expensive shirts, folders, hats, or anything just to make profit. Before it was popular, you could get a CD for five dollars and get into it’s shows for three, but now a CD is fifteen dollars and a ticket is thirty. That is what a sellout is” ( Korn ). This is ridiculous. Once a band is signed to a major label, all of

these decisions are made for them. The band is probably not making much more profit per item than it was before. The record company is getting most of the money. Does one really think the same ticket price can be charged for a stadium and the local bar? Blink182 started going global, and fans became upset. Their underground favorite was not playing in local clubs anymore; it was in giant amphitheatres. “When a band is underground, people complain because its not getting exposure, but when a band becomes famous, everyone complains that it has sold out” ( Korn ). Since Blink182’s now jealous and disgusted fans had once proclaimed their love for the band in public, they now needed a cover-up; thus the term sellout was applied.

It is commonly argued that blink182’s music has drastically changed since the bands previous recordings. “Some bands get big doing what they have done from day one, but if a band limits itself, changes its lyrics, and alters its style to get famous, then they have become mommy friendly, up the ticket sales, corporate rock whores and they suck” ( Korn ). Though the music was a little faster, it was not that much harder and was still radio friendly pop punk. Pop punk is commonly trashed by more �

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