oh fudge i hate it when a band goes mainstream. whenever this happens the band has to write music for a much bigger fan base which consists of a load of narrow minded idiots who know nothing about music. they also have to become "radio friendly" for all the family listeners which basically means that their music gets watered down to the point that they might as well not play it. and it's not just the music that gets affected. sometimes you can have a mainstream artist with some good material but their rights to the music are usually non existent so these songs which have potential get used to death in advertisements and big events until they become nothing more than a novelty, a cruel joke to musicians around the world. it's the fact that the mainstream world is filled with vultures who circle around waiting for songs they can play until there is no life left in it that makes mainstream music so god awful to listen to.