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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Co-founding bassist Mark White was fired from the band in January 2022 after he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine or be tested for the virus.
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* CreatorKiller: Their second album ''Turn It Upside Down''. They were one of the first and biggest hitmakers to come out the jam band scene and [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippie revivalism]] of the late '80s and '90s, their 1991 debut album ''Pocket Full of Kryptonite'' going 6x platinum largely on the strength of their own touring and word-of-mouth despite [[ScrewedByTheNetwork a lack of support from the label]]. However, their heavy touring schedule took a toll on the band, lead guitarist Eric Schenkman was getting fed up and eventually quit by walking offstage during a concert, a mounting backlash was setting in from people who saw them as a shallow, radio-friendly pop band, and their newfound Top 40 success and mainstream fanbase provoked an identity crisis. ''Turn It Upside Down'' felt like an attempt to respond to their critics and assert their artistic credibility, but instead proved to be formless, unstructured, and just plain weird; frontman Chris Barron later admitted that the lead single "Cleopatra's Cat" was probably too ambitious for its own good. The album still went platinum on the strength of their existing fanbase, but that soon dissipated in the face of a lack of hits. Their follow-ups went nowhere, and since then they've primarily been a touring band, their pop success having been largely taken up by the Music/DaveMatthewsBand.

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* CreatorKiller: Their second album ''Turn It Upside Down''. They were one The belated success of the first and biggest hitmakers to come out the jam band scene and [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippie revivalism]] of the late '80s and '90s, their 1991 debut album ''Pocket Full of Kryptonite'' going 6x platinum largely on brought the strength of their own touring jam band revival to mainstream attention, but the stress that this and word-of-mouth despite [[ScrewedByTheNetwork a lack of support from the label]]. However, their heavy touring schedule took a toll on the band, lead brought led guitarist Eric Schenkman was getting fed up and eventually to quit by walking offstage during onstage. In the face of a concert, a mounting growing backlash was setting in from people who saw them as a shallow, radio-friendly pop band, and their newfound Top 40 success and mainstream fanbase provoked an identity crisis. ''Turn It Upside Down'' felt like an attempt to respond to crisis about their critics and NewbieBoom, the band attempted to assert their artistic credibility, credibility on this album, but it instead proved to be formless, unstructured, and just plain weird; frontman Chris Barron later admitted that the lead single "Cleopatra's Cat" was probably too ambitious for its own good. The album still went platinum on the strength of their existing fanbase, but that soon dissipated in the face of a lack of hits. Their follow-ups went nowhere, and since then they've primarily been a touring band, their pop success having been largely taken up by the Music/DaveMatthewsBand.band.
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* CreatorKiller: Their second album ''Turn It Upside Down''. They were one of the first and biggest hitmakers to come out the jam band scene and [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippie revivalism]] of the late '80s and '90s, their 1991 debut album ''Pocket Full of Kryptonite'' going 6x platinum largely on the strength of their own touring and word-of-mouth despite [[ScrewedByTheNetwork a lack of support from the label]]. However, their heavy touring schedule took a toll on the band, lead guitarist Eric Schenkman was getting fed up and eventually quit by walking offstage during a concert, a mounting backlash was setting in from people who saw them as a shallow, radio-friendly pop band, and their newfound Top 40 success and mainstream fanbase provoked an identity crisis. ''Turn It Upside Down'' felt like an attempt to respond to their critics and assert their artistic credibility, but instead proved to be formless, unstructured, and just plain weird; frontman Chris Barron later admitted that the lead single "Cleopatra's Cat" was probably too ambitious for its own good. The album still went platinum on the strength of their existing fanbase, but that soon dissipated in the face of a lack of hits. Their follow-ups went nowhere, and since then they've primarily been a touring band, their pop success having been largely taken up by the Music/DaveMatthewsBand.
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