The Dark Side of Rock Reunions
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Bands like The Police, Rage Against the Machine, and Genesis are reuniting for summer concert tours. But for every sold-out tour there’s another that never gets off the ground. We talk with the New York Times Music Critic Ben Ratliff, and Pollstar's Gary Bongiovanni , about what it takes to make a good rock reunion. Plus, we find out how some of this summer’s reunions are faring.
Comments [2]
One word: SOUNDGARDEN.
The "reunions" are done for one simple reason: to make money. For Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey to claim that they are "The Who" is more than obnoxious. But they understand that they can make more bread if they co-opt the name "The Who". This applies to most of so-called "rock reunions".
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