A band who changes their music to include more poppy parts, to gain popularity. Often confused with "getting famous", "getting better sound" and "writing less heavy music".
Prime example - lostprophets (re-releasing an album that was only 2 years old, to make it more 'accessible')
Bad examples: blink 182 (just got a better sound) incubus (got old and wrote more chilled music) and tool (just became popular without changing anything)
Bad examples: blink 182 (just got a better sound) incubus (got old and wrote more chilled music) and tool (just became popular without changing anything)
by robbie September 13, 2003
Get the sellout mug."Selling out is compromising your musical intentions and we don't know how to do that."-Mike Dirnt of Green Day. I couldn't have said it better myself, beings as it's hard to define a sellout.
Selling out is kind of irrelevant because if you start out in music not wanting to sell out, people are still going to like you. And when 10,000 people come to indie label shows it gets crowded. So go ahead with the major label if you need room to grow, just don't sell your soul or mangle your music to do it. A 'sellout' probably doesn't give a shit whether you like them or not.
by idealist86 October 1, 2005
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An anime that was cancelled on cartoon network because it was expected to be bad, having few commercials. Hamtaro wasn't getting enough fans, so they cancelled sailor moon. Hamtaro is where they put all the commercials meanwhile, only one commercial break for sailor moon. Thinking only of money, Serena went bye bye.
Cartoon Network: "OH NO! Too many kids like this show. We didn't put enough commericals! We're screwed, hamtaro isn't getting enough ratings! Cancel the short-skirted bitch Sailor Moon, NOW!!"
by Sincerity April 16, 2005
Get the Sailor moon mug."Did you hear the mouth on that Dave Evans?"
"Yeah, he knows his optics though."
"No doubt, a real Optical Sailor, that one."
"Yeah, he knows his optics though."
"No doubt, a real Optical Sailor, that one."
by Dash the Fnordi March 25, 2008
Get the Optical Sailor mug.The love story between Usagi and Mamoru, Usagi's boyfriend. Mamoru and Usagi are boyfriend and girlfriend during the series. The series is five seasons and 200 episodes and the manga is 18 volumes. The main theme is the love between the main couple. Mamoru, Usagi's boyfriend, later marries Usagi and becomes Usagi's husband. They become king and queen and rule Crystal Tokyo and have a child named Chibi-Usa. Mamoru proposed to Usagi at an airport when he gave her a ring after they have been dating for four seasons. It is their love that keeps them alive, they share many kisses and their love gets them through every battle and obstacle. Mamoru, Usagi's boyfriend, plays a significant role throughout the 200 episodes and 18 manga volumes.
by Mamorufan September 8, 2007
Get the sailor moon mug.Sailor Moon was created by Naoko Takeuchi although it was a programme for girls aged from 4 to 11, but the programme was such a success that even boys started to watch Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon is a programme of where there are five sailor scouts Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupitor, Sailor Mercuary and Sailor Venus. Althought there are more sailor scouts these are the main five Sailor Moon and the sailor scouts must maintain peace thoughout the land and also they must protect there indentity as no one must kmow who they are.
by anime lover July 22, 2003
Get the Sailor Moon mug.A vague but derogatory term blindly used by music "fans" to describe bands who make (or have managers who make) a new lucrative and/or artistically experimental decision (for example: accepting a product endorsement, a change in the band's expected composition style, switching to a larger record label, dressing with more class, speaking out against mass mp3 piracy, etc.) The word is sometimes also applied to bands who simply get more commercial success through no additional effort.
The anger comes from the false belief that fans "own" their favorite entertainers, that these entertainers are thus not real humans with free will, and the feeling of grief when some CD that the listener previously enjoyed alone is now enjoyed by millions of more people.
(Note that "sellout" ONLY applies to those who make a living in the fine arts. For example, a software engineer who accepts a job promotion and higher salary is never branded as a "sellout". Nor is a professional athlete who appears on a box of Wheaties.)
The anger comes from the false belief that fans "own" their favorite entertainers, that these entertainers are thus not real humans with free will, and the feeling of grief when some CD that the listener previously enjoyed alone is now enjoyed by millions of more people.
(Note that "sellout" ONLY applies to those who make a living in the fine arts. For example, a software engineer who accepts a job promotion and higher salary is never branded as a "sellout". Nor is a professional athlete who appears on a box of Wheaties.)
Actual quotes from an old friend:
(1993) "Damnit, Smashing Pumpkins is such an underrated band. They never get played on the radio!"
(1994) "Damnit, Smashing Pumpkins are always on Mtv and the radio now! They're such sellouts."
(1993) "Damnit, Smashing Pumpkins is such an underrated band. They never get played on the radio!"
(1994) "Damnit, Smashing Pumpkins are always on Mtv and the radio now! They're such sellouts."
by Bill M. July 28, 2004
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