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(Rolling Stone) Dumbass The Pixies' Frank Black breaking up the band by fax, Van Halen airbrushing Michael Anthony from history and Courtney Love.... uh... just existing: Top 10 passive-aggressive moments in rock   (rollingstone.com) divider line 39
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apeiron242 2009-04-03 12:22:02 PM  
Don't know about you....

 
FeedTheCollapse 2009-04-03 12:27:09 PM  
No Dinosaur Jr "breaking up" and reforming with Lou Barlow?

 
IrieTom 2009-04-03 12:27:11 PM  
I'm surprised that Roger Waters didn't make the list.

 
FeedTheCollapse 2009-04-03 12:27:44 PM  
FeedTheCollapse: No Dinosaur Jr "breaking up" and reforming without Lou Barlow?

ftfm

 
Glitchwerks 2009-04-03 12:32:00 PM  
Obviously Frank Black was ripping off Phil Collins.

 
knoxvelour 2009-04-03 12:41:19 PM  
Glitchwerks: Obviously Frank Black was ripping off Phil Collins.

he does seem to have the invisible touch

 
GonzoNihilist 2009-04-03 12:41:38 PM  
Layne Staley slowly killing himself.

 
DecemberNitro 2009-04-03 12:45:36 PM  
Power Sword pushing their singer down the stairs and leaving town.

 
DoctorCal 2009-04-03 12:50:59 PM  
I'm surprised David Gilmour didn't make the list.

 
Great_Milenko 2009-04-03 12:54:01 PM  
IrieTom: I'm surprised that Roger Waters didn't make the list.

It's a list of passive/agressive moments. Waters/Gilmore is more of a "i hate your farking face" moment.

 
titwrench 2009-04-03 01:00:01 PM  
Ike and Tina didn't make the list?

 
Glitchwerks 2009-04-03 01:03:16 PM  
titwrench: Ike and Tina didn't make the list?

That's not exactly a passive-aggressive thing, just like Waters/Gilmore.

Here's what Wiki says:

Passive-aggressive behavior is passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations. It can manifest itself as learned helplessness, procrastination, stubbornness, resentment, sullenness, or deliberate/repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible. It is a defense mechanism, and (more often than not) only partly conscious. For example a worker asked to organize a meeting might happily agree, but will then take so long on each task in the process and offer excuses such as calls not being returned or that the computer is too slow, that things aren't ready when the meeting is due to start. A colleague is forced to hurriedly complete the task, or the meeting is postponed.

Whooping up on people is not passive-aggressive. It's just aggressive.

/Knowing is half the battle.

 
Righteously Indignant [TotalFark] 2009-04-03 01:03:53 PM  
FeedTheCollapse: FeedTheCollapse: No Dinosaur Jr "breaking up" and reforming without Lou Barlow?

ftfm


To be fair, I think Lou got the message when J allegedly smashed him in the back of the head with a guitar.

 
k-rock 2009-04-03 01:06:50 PM  
Would making necklaces out of bits of your lead singer's skull after he commits shotgun suicide, then being stabbed to death by the band's bassist, count as passive or aggressive?

 
Gangway Fathead 2009-04-03 01:09:02 PM  
How about Warren Zevon's entire career?



/Read "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." WZ was a messed up dude.

 
FeedTheCollapse 2009-04-03 01:11:26 PM  
k-rock: Would making necklaces out of bits of your lead singer's skull after he commits shotgun suicide, then being stabbed to death by the band's bassist, count as passive or aggressive?

ha, I was going to add Mayhem to the list....

 
caribou [TotalFark] 2009-04-03 01:15:40 PM  
FTA: Frank Black dissolved his iconic band in the summer of 1992 the most impersonal way possible (pre-email, that is) - a written note. "I just wrote a fax and sent it and just skipped out without so much as an explanation, as I recall,"

You might say he left with no 'bye'; no 'aloha'.

/wow I'm really reaching here.

 
bigbadideasinaction 2009-04-03 01:15:44 PM  
No INXS and their "well, we really didn't kick you out but since you said we did we're kicking you out" to whatshisname?

 
djstortion 2009-04-03 01:15:58 PM  
What about Green Day and Operation Ivy effectively destroying Lookout Records by seizing control of their back albums?

/granted, it was deserved

 
chitownmike 2009-04-03 01:32:13 PM  
No mention of Metalica/Mustain?
/worthless

 
CarnySaur 2009-04-03 02:03:08 PM  
So would overdosing/suicide be considered passive-aggressive ways of breaking up a band?

 
andreirublev 2009-04-03 02:36:21 PM  
caribou: FTA: Frank Black dissolved his iconic band in the summer of 1992 the most impersonal way possible (pre-email, that is) - a written note. "I just wrote a fax and sent it and just skipped out without so much as an explanation, as I recall,"

You might say he left with no 'bye'; no 'aloha'.

/wow I'm really reaching here.


Are you suggesting they don't just wanna get along?

 
holiday_inn_in_cambodia 2009-04-03 02:54:03 PM  
No mention of [insert band name here]'s feud with [insert band member here]??
FORSOOTH!

 
EL_FABREZ 2009-04-03 03:17:05 PM  
I heard Kim Deal is single and lives in Dayton with her parents.

 
fernandez 2009-04-03 03:21:00 PM  
What about Streetlight Manifesto re-recording the Catch-22 album Keasby Nights?


/granted, the majority of Catch-22 is in Streetlight, but still

 
demanton [TotalFark] 2009-04-03 03:21:24 PM  
Wasn't he still Black Francis in the Pixies days?

 
Madbassist1 [TotalFark] 2009-04-03 03:25:12 PM  
CarnySaur: So would overdosing/suicide be considered passive-aggressive ways of breaking up a band?

Yes.

 
danfrank 2009-04-03 03:29:38 PM  
EL_FABREZ: I heard Kim Deal is single and lives in Dayton with her parents.

I think her mom has alzheimers.

 
danfrank 2009-04-03 03:33:24 PM  
caribou: FTA: Frank Black dissolved his iconic band in the summer of 1992 the most impersonal way possible (pre-email, that is) - a written note. "I just wrote a fax and sent it and just skipped out without so much as an explanation, as I recall,"

You might say he left with no 'bye'; no 'aloha'.

/wow I'm really reaching here.


What did you want him to do? Gouge away at their broken faces?

/come on 5:00...

 
Wrong_Intentions 2009-04-03 03:35:33 PM  
Why haven't the Zappa fans pointed out the Parental Advisory sticker on his all-instrumental album after he vehemently opposed such a system? For shame, you dudes are slipping.

 
mahavishnunj 2009-04-03 03:36:32 PM  
k-rock: Would making necklaces out of bits of your lead singer's skull after he commits shotgun suicide, then being stabbed to death by the band's bassist, count as passive or aggressive?

passive, but wasnt heironymous or anonymous or whatever the fark his name was the bassist? i thought the dude that killed him was the dude thats burzum.

/lords of chaos ftw, best xmas present ever

 
titwrench 2009-04-03 03:37:43 PM  
Glitchwerks: titwrench: Ike and Tina didn't make the list?

That's not exactly a passive-aggressive thing, just like Waters/Gilmore.

Here's what Wiki says:

Passive-aggressive behavior is passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations. It can manifest itself as learned helplessness, procrastination, stubbornness, resentment, sullenness, or deliberate/repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible. It is a defense mechanism, and (more often than not) only partly conscious. For example a worker asked to organize a meeting might happily agree, but will then take so long on each task in the process and offer excuses such as calls not being returned or that the computer is too slow, that things aren't ready when the meeting is due to start. A colleague is forced to hurriedly complete the task, or the meeting is postponed.

Whooping up on people is not passive-aggressive. It's just aggressive.

/Knowing is half the battle.


It was sarcasm

 
mahavishnunj 2009-04-03 03:39:38 PM  
Wrong_Intentions: Why haven't the Zappa fans pointed out the Parental Advisory sticker on his all-instrumental album after he vehemently opposed such a system? For shame, you dudes are slipping.

forgot about that, thats a great one. maybe the best. could only be topped if they put a parental advisory on the yellow shark or fz with the lso.

 
FirstNationalBastard 2009-04-03 03:49:30 PM  
I think Sharon and Ozzy replacing the original rhythm tracks on Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman just to screw over Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake should be included.

Really... screwing up two classic albums just because you don't like the guys who played on 'em anymore?

 
calicocatsinjail [TotalFark] 2009-04-03 05:57:04 PM  
Frank Black?

millennium-thisiswhoweare.net
hot!

 
Glitchwerks 2009-04-03 06:15:01 PM  
titwrench:
It was sarcasm


It's hard to tell sometimes. I used to have a reliable meter, but Fark pretty much broke it.

 
1stgenwhtrash 2009-04-03 09:54:30 PM  
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I'll see your Pink Floyd and Wikipedia and raise you...Syd Barrett's "Have You Got It Yet?"

From Wikipedia

Barrett's unpredictable behaviour at the time and idiosyncratic sense of humour combined to create a song that, initially, seemed like an ordinary Barrett tune. However, as soon as the others attempted to join in and learn the song, Barrett changed the melodies and structure, making it impossible for the others to follow, while singing the chorus "Have you got it yet?" This would be his last attempt to write material for Pink Floyd before leaving the band.

 
puckrock2000 2009-04-03 11:30:07 PM  
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"Screw you guys, I'm going solo."

 
JNowe 2009-04-04 11:51:44 PM  
Ian Curtis ftw.

 
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