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*** ''Never Let Me Down'' has gotten some attention and even some good reviews lately thanks to the DVD release of the accompanying concert tour [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|''Glass Spider'']]. ''Tonight'' has enjoyed no such upturn as yet. |
*** ''Never Let Me Down'' has gotten some attention and even some good reviews lately thanks to the DVD release of the accompanying concert tour [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|''Glass Spider'']]. ''Tonight'' has enjoyed no such upturn as yet. |
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** It can be argued that the post-Tin Machine dork ages of the 90s could be found during his ''Black Tie White Noise'' and ''hours...'' phases. The former was a flirtation with electronic lounge pop that also doubled as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|dedication]] to his then-new wife Iman. The latter occurred towards the end of the 90s, which showed a softer, more introspective side of Bowie. This prompted Reeves Gabrels, a guitarist who collaborated with Bowie in Tin Machine and his 90s works, to leave due to the fact that it was not as edgy as anything they had done prior to that. Luckily, Bowie managed to escape both dork ages and produce ''Heathen'', which was seen as a comeback album by both critics and fans alike. |
** It can be argued that the post-Tin Machine dork ages of the 90s could be found during his ''Black Tie White Noise'' and ''hours...'' phases. The former was a flirtation with electronic lounge pop that also doubled as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|dedication]] to his then-new wife Iman. The latter occurred towards the end of the 90s, which showed a softer, more introspective side of Bowie. This prompted Reeves Gabrels, a guitarist who collaborated with Bowie in Tin Machine and his 90s works, to leave due to the fact that it was not as edgy as anything they had done prior to that. Luckily, Bowie managed to escape both dork ages and produce ''Heathen'', which was seen as a comeback album by both critics and fans alike. |
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* [[Van Halen]]'s recruitment of Gary Cherone (formerly of Extreme) after Sammy Hagar's departure is currently regarded as [[Canon |
* [[Van Halen]]'s recruitment of Gary Cherone (formerly of Extreme) after Sammy Hagar's departure is currently regarded as [[Canon Discontinuity|"never happened"]] by the band, having been excluded completely from a two-disc greatest hits collection put out years after the release of Van Halen III, the only album featuring that singer. The second album they had planned to release with him was scrapped after they realized how unpopular he was. Ironically, he's also the only singer of the band that doesn't hate Eddie Van Halen. |
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* Hey, remember [[Kiss]]? When they first started they were regarded on the same level as the other two pioneering metal groups, [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Led Zeppelin]]. They realized the potential for [[Cash Cow Franchise|making a profit]], but overplayed their hand with a video game, a comic book series, and a universally-panned film. The whole thing culminated in the group attempting to cash in on the disco craze of the late 1970s, and they are today blamed for the downfall of the first generation of metal, leading to the rise of punk, hip-hop, and disco. |
* Hey, remember [[Kiss]]? When they first started they were regarded on the same level as the other two pioneering metal groups, [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Led Zeppelin]]. They realized the potential for [[Cash Cow Franchise|making a profit]], but overplayed their hand with a video game, a comic book series, and a universally-panned film. The whole thing culminated in the group attempting to cash in on the disco craze of the late 1970s, and they are today blamed for the downfall of the first generation of metal, leading to the rise of punk, hip-hop, and disco. |
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** People often forget that KISS was a fairly obscure group for their first year or so of existence. Fans were already getting tired of glam rock by 1974 (Alice Cooper was starting to move away from it), and KISS's debut album was [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|notably more popular in Japan than in the United States]]. ''Dressed to Kill'' was their true breakout album, as it coincided with the beginning of the "showman" period in which (with a few exceptions) they have since spent their entire career. |
** People often forget that KISS was a fairly obscure group for their first year or so of existence. Fans were already getting tired of glam rock by 1974 (Alice Cooper was starting to move away from it), and KISS's debut album was [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|notably more popular in Japan than in the United States]]. ''Dressed to Kill'' was their true breakout album, as it coincided with the beginning of the "showman" period in which (with a few exceptions) they have since spent their entire career. |
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