Before calling a band sell-out I always think about this letter.
Go to
http://www.miseriacantare.com/home.php, then to The Open Letter under The Band section.
It talks about how it really is..the whole process of becoming mainstream from the point of view of someone who knows bands and has toured with them.
It ends with these quotes:
"But it was something to see, something to remember. The men and the
machines--dying, smashing up, wearing out-- but always moving forward. Creeping through a wild and lonely world..."
-Jim Thompson, "South of Heaven"
"Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns
money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it."
-Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged"
Anyway, hope someone reads it =/. If not..whatever.