age=bad rock bands?
By skylerm2930
@skylerm2930 (96)
United States
July 20, 2010 3:34pm CST
personally, i think you cant be a rockstar if you're over 35. I know this sounds ridiculous but try to get what I'm saying. Most rock stars' careers go down the drain after they are in their 30's. For example, Fall Out Boy has dramatically decrased in popularity since Pete Wentz turned 30. Their only album that didn't go platinum was Folie A Deux which came out in 2008 when Pete Wentz was 29 about to turn 30. Then, when he was 30 they took a hiatus, which is basically them breaking up. Also, many people when they are in their 30's have kids and that means they can't spend as much time on music as they did before. So what do you guys think? Do you think age affects rock bands? I know their are exceptions like the Rolling Stones and U2 (not the Beatles they broke up when they were in their 30's), but most bands fade out when they hit that age.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Jul 10
damn there go my most dearly cherished dreams...
Seriously, what do you mean by "go down the drain"? Not produce new material or what?
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
20 Jul 10
No worries, Dawn. You find a Peter and we can be Paul and Mary.
@skylerm2930 (96)
• United States
20 Jul 10
i mean like most bands don't have the popularity they did when they were younger. there are exceptions like metallica, u2 and stuff like that, but most bands lose their personality. like pete wentz from fall out boy just stands on stage sense he became 30 but before he was the main member of the band. its like when they hit 30, they start focusing on other things. but thats not the case with everyone. i just think they mature at around that age and their music matures too, which some people may not like.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Jul 10
New things come along, old things get forgotten, people burn out and stop producing nww material, etc. I guess that's normal.
@Owlwings - I'd be a pretty poor substitute for Mary, I'm afraid. My mom had a nice voice, but mine came from the other side of the genepool.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
22 Jul 10
Hi Skylerm,
I really don't know any statistics on this so it could be true to a point. Still, there are so many bands that even when they fade away, they do not lose their popularity. Some music just lives on and on and is popular with older people as well as younger ones for years to come. Ozzie for example...Stones, the Who, Van Halen, on and on. Some bands are great enough musicians that they never really grow old on the radio.
@baldypriest (338)
• United States
22 Jul 10
Hmmm. I think some bands only get better with age. Most of my favourite bands have members in their mid-thirties to forties. X Japan is a great example of this. They had broken up for a while and finally reformed not too long ago. They can rock with the best of the younger generation. They still inspire younger audiences. This may be rare, but there are bands that have shown that it can be done. I do think that life changes (getting married, having children, losing loved ones, etc.) do affect bands and popularity. It is nice to see the older rock bands still having a lot of success though.
