Why do people hate it when their favorite artist goes mainstream?

Question

I don't get it.

Answer 1

Generally speaking, when bands go mainstream they start to sell out. So basically, when they are less popular, they make music that matters to them, and then when they start to get fame, they start conforming to what's "in" in order to sell more, therefor losing their sound, their values, and their fans.

Answer 2

because then a lot of people start listening to the one or two songs that are on the radio and call themselves fans. I, for example, hate it when people claim to love Led Zeppelin and yet theyve only heard three or four of their hits. For someone like me who has invested time and interest in a band to become a big fan of every song, concert, etc. that theyve ever performed, little things like that annoy you.

Answer 3

The track high quality ameliorations because of the fact while they sense the ought to get signed they attempt their toughest and the track is surprising, while they have made it and function many followers they could desire to devise greater because of the fact they have a much bigger fanbase and prefer to charm to all so that's going to become hit or leave out as a replace of what they the place doing while they the place attempting to get signed.

Answer 4

because they feel threatened that their artist is going to make crappy, mainstream music... which is usually the case.

Answer 5

i dunno. it happens alot to punk bands. i think cause usually the bands start going for a crappy, more radio-friendly sound when they do so.it doesn't bother me, as long as the bands don't START in the mainstream. there are only a few bands that did that that i have any respect for.

Answer 6

Ticket prices either become existant, or get higher, and then there's all those annoying fan-girls...

Answer 7

it's usually because that's when their music typically starts to suck. AND
Ticket prices get higher....
Bandwagon fans can just jump right on.....
CD prices go up....