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TonyTheTiger
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01 Feb 2010, 3:52 am

Sigur Ros, (An Icelandic ambient/orchestral rock group, one of their album covers is my profile pic.) my favorite band, is on indefinite hiatus.

http://revivl.com/news/artist-news/bumm ... te-hiatus/

Why couldn't it have been Nickelback or Three Days Grace? I'm hoping against hope that this isn't permanent. Their music is absolutely beautiful, and seeing that they broke up when they were supposed to be releasing a new album this year just felt like a hard kick in the chest.



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01 Feb 2010, 4:10 am

NOooooOOOOoooOOOOoooo! :(



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01 Feb 2010, 5:39 am

That's awful. I'm sorry to hear the news. :(


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01 Feb 2010, 5:53 am

Not meant as a rhetorical question, but would you guys prefer a band to split or end up making albums that hit a new low each time they are released? It's kind of a tricky one to answer. Hurts seeing favourite bands split and it hurts seeing favourite bands stop making good music.



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01 Feb 2010, 2:09 pm

At least you have the hope of a reunion, until a crazed 'fan' shoots one of them, or they start dying of overdoses and old age.

But HAL_9000 is right, its actually more tragic IMO when they outlive their creative spark and start churning out crap that's so weak and lame you're ashamed to tell anyone you ever liked them. Or a key member leaves and is replaced with someone whose input just doesn't have the same combustive blend. Its always better to go out at the top of your game (the hard part sometimes is knowing exactly when that is). Otherwise you risk 'jumping the shark' and end up just embarrassing yourself and your fans.



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01 Feb 2010, 4:25 pm

Jonsi is releasing a new album very soon, sounds its gonna be great


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02 Feb 2010, 5:12 pm

I liked some of their songs :(


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23 Feb 2010, 1:14 pm

I know how you feel... my favorite band broke up in 1994... guess who it is.....

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Nirvana...

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23 Feb 2010, 1:40 pm

TonyTheTiger wrote:
Why couldn't it have been Nickelback

AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGG I Hate Nickleback! Your Right why couldn't it have been this group



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23 Feb 2010, 9:29 pm

As much as I like them, they seem to be making the same album over and over again (you wouldn't want them ending up like AC/DC would you?). They had a good run. I'll be looking forward to side-projects.