What happened to BANDS

[mcnach]

On 08/02/2025 at 11:29, Bass4real said:

Bands have completely disappeared from the charts in the U.S. and the UK

charts are dominated by Solo performers ,

Duos , collaborations of solo performers etc etc.

IN the first half of the 80s there was 146 wks in which BANDS were # 1  

In the first half of the 90s there were

146 wks that a BAND was # 1

In the first 5 years of this Decade 

Bands had only 3 wks at # 1 

Bands writing their own songs began disappearing 

 In the late 90s / early 2000s Boy bands starting appearing  like BS Boys - N sync 

had co writer/producers and writer/producers who would write their big hits.

It also started happening in Rock music this writer/producer  - co writer/producer 

We started seeing bands like AEROSMITH who had their biggest hit ,& only

# 1 written by someone else.

In the late 90s - early 2000s ROCK BANDS were consistently having a writer/producer write their songs.

People in the know are convinced this is one of the factors that led bands into oblivion.

By 2010 it just wasn't worth signing Band

 If you go to the top 50 chart for the U.S.

It's literally all solo artists.

Out of the top 400 artists in ranking of monthly listeners .

Out of the 400 artists there were only the first group formed in the last 10 years 3 bands were created in the last 10 yrs.

The first band created in the last 10 years is Grupp Frontera all the way down at #135 on the charts.

That's less than 1% that's 3 bands formed in the last 10 years out of 400.

Sooooo 

If you're aim is to be rich and famous 

DON'T JOIN OR BE IN A BAND.

YOUR CHANCES ARE BETTER  SOLO.

enjoy the life always wondering if ya actually have. 1 TRUE friend 

I wonder if thats what  ?

That must suk 

what a shame 

 

By Rick Beato

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strange type of haiku, that.

[Leonard Smalls]

2 hours ago, mcnach said:

haiku

My favourite haiku, courtesy of the great Dr John Cooper Clarke:

 

To freeze a moment

In seventeen syllables

Is very difi

 

[Wolverinebass]

In case anyone is interested. The OP text was Richard Osman. I can't remember if it was an interview or just on a show, but I've definitely seen it.

[Bass4real]

On 08/02/2025 at 07:41, 12stringbassist said:

The OP appears to be a cut and paste that once dropped into the forum has split all of the text up.

 

Rick Beato has a point. The major companies still control the charts and the independents hardly get a look in, unless they are really organised and build up sales in advance that all count in one week when the product becomes available and ships.

 

Too many young people today (certainly not all of them, though) are going down the road of accepting what they are sold, have little sense of music history and are content to listen to the warblings of Beyonce etc.

Where are the bands? They are still hacking away at it with diminishing returns.

Nope

Don't know how to cut and paste 

I simply posted the many points in the Beato video I agree with.

A few Solo performers have extremely high quality talents.

I don't listen to them 

I'm a fan of the bands  ,original bands 

It's my personal opinion and experiences

Bands are more fun than a solo performer