Someone who changes for money or fame.
Good Charalette sold out b\c they change teir music so that 13 year old girls would like them. they said on their 1st cd that they hated mtv know they are on it everyday. fuck them
by Nicholas July 13, 2003
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the truth is..... all your definitions are wrong... you have to realize the difference between capitalism and selling out... selling out would be a punk band who says " fuck the man" then in 5 years goes and works for " the man" that is selling out.... 50 cent coming from the hood to making clothes and drinks and films with gunit in it is capitalism... that is making money by any which way you want and not having any limits. so you take advantage of that privliage and make your mother fucking money ....

get your mother fucking cake up and stop hating on people who are gettin thier cake up.... and by the way green day sucks period they have bad music regaurdless.
green day is horrible. blink 182 is horrible. any commerical"punk" is horrible. emo is horrible .. kill yourselfs

metallica didnt sell out... they just suck now
by diddypop diddy March 2, 2006
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An urban myth given by people who have nothing better to do than slag off people in the music world who have found a way of making money. Selling out usually involves a rock band being played on the radio. Even though the songs sound the same, people don't really care. if its on the radio, it sucks, even thought it has been liked before. It is used by the following people:
1) small minded teenagers who decide things aren't cool cause more than one person listens to them
2) rock mags like kerrang who decide that bands who are liked by more than one person are scum of the earth (but in nicklebacks case, they were right. That band really does suck)
I'm a dick. I heard another kid sing a Blink-182 song so they have sold out. I'm a judgemental Bastard
by SilentMark July 29, 2003
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1) A musician who markets an image to a general audience rather than to whatever subculture they rose from.

2) A financially conscious musician.
This band is selling our punk image to the commoners at the price of $17.50 a CD! What sell outs!
by TiberiumX June 25, 2003
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A sell out is some one who excepts a large amount of money, that they dont need because they are already rich.
by Hugh Jass July 13, 2003
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A dumb punk rock mentality that basically states that if a band gets a certain large number of fans and become more popular within the world as a whole, they have gone too far, past the "popularity" line and fallen into the vanity of fame. They've become too good for the fans and aren't worth listening to anymore. However, the only way a band becomes a sell out is because they have fans in the first place. In other words, if a band "sells out," it's the fans fault.
Good Charlotte did not sell out just because they have a large fan base and are on MTV. New Found Glory, Mest, and AFI are on MTV. Did they sell out? No...
by Vicious Riot June 24, 2003
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