A band or singer who alters their original style of music in order to appeal to a wider audience and to make more revenue for their music, sometimes promoting it to various forms of media, including radio and advertisements.
Examples of bands and singers considered sell outs:
Metallica
Korn
Limp Bizkit
AFI
Fall Out Boy
Rolling Stones
Green Day
Avril Lavigne
U2
Metallica
Korn
Limp Bizkit
AFI
Fall Out Boy
Rolling Stones
Green Day
Avril Lavigne
U2
by renegadesoldier August 20, 2006
A sellout is someone who has discarded his or her original principles, in turn for Money and Fame, most sellouts only care about themselves.
by FormerLebronFan July 10, 2010
by MrBearJew August 29, 2010
A band that betrays their original purpose for making music in order to make more money. MTV happens to be the cause of most sell outs, making bands worry about their music videos and wether or not they can get them on MTV. A sell out band has to have 3 things happened.
1.)Complete change in style of music
2.)Aired on MTV every day
3.)ALL ABOUT THE MONEY
1.)Complete change in style of music
2.)Aired on MTV every day
3.)ALL ABOUT THE MONEY
What is a sell out band?
Green Day - went from punk rock to political "punk" in order to bring in the big money that their other albums failed to do
What is NOT a sell out?
Good Charlotte- A band that from the begining wanted to make maeninful music and continues to due so, despite the critisim they recieve every day from people who claim good charlotte to be "pop punk posers"
Green Day - went from punk rock to political "punk" in order to bring in the big money that their other albums failed to do
What is NOT a sell out?
Good Charlotte- A band that from the begining wanted to make maeninful music and continues to due so, despite the critisim they recieve every day from people who claim good charlotte to be "pop punk posers"
by MTVhAteR November 24, 2005
by parnapy c jones October 26, 2003
My Chemical Romance is such a sell out! They changed their whole sound just so they can fit in right at home with Gerard Way's little bitch ass wife's trashy ass band!!
by xxalyxx February 25, 2009
A sell out is someone who is in it for the money and possibly to get laid alot. Bands that are punbk usualy are sell outs like
Good chaoletter Blink 182. and the same goes with pop rock bands like the jonas brothers fall out boy and MCR. Some people think that the biggest thrash band in the world sold out but really they didnt
Good chaoletter Blink 182. and the same goes with pop rock bands like the jonas brothers fall out boy and MCR. Some people think that the biggest thrash band in the world sold out but really they didnt
MetallicA never sold out, Cliff Burton and James Hetfeild said " We do what we want to do if people consider that selling out than what ever, 'cause alot of people think you sold out because your on a major label, or you don't play a thousand miles per hour, you know we'd be doing the same thing on a indapendent label." see they aren't sell outs R.I.P. Cliff Burton 1962-1986
by metallicapwnsall November 06, 2008