ITT: we share artists with sad stories
I'll start
>be the first group signed to the Beatles' Apple Logo
>have their first worldwide hit written and produced by Paul McCartney
>more hit songs follow
>it wasn't to last
>the guy who managed their business affairs screwed-up their financial situation and they were trapped beneath wave upon wave of law-suits
>because it's all too much, one of their members commits suicide by hanging
>his final letter says, "Anne, I love you. Blair, I love you. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody. This is better. P.S. Stan Polley [their financial manager] is a soulless bastard. I will take him with me."
>the remaining members become poor and unknown
>"Thank God I had guitars and I was able to sell some of that stuff. We were flat broke, and that's happened to me three times, where my wife and I have had to sell off everything and go and stay with her parents or do whatever. I installed carpeting for a while in Los Angeles and stuff like that. You do what you've got to do to survive."
>the bandmates literally had to start doing menial jobs like installing pipes to live
>members start suing each other for money
>one member explains "I want to be where Pete is [the member who hung himself]. It's a better place than down here..."
>later, during an early morning, that member is found dead hanging from a willow tree in his backyard
>to this day, Badfinger is remembered as that Beatles knock-off band with the one song that sounds like Paul McCartney
>>63764454
>>the bandmates literally had to start doing menial jobs like installing pipes to live
The fucking horror, working to live
>>63764495
That wasn't the point though. They were hyped up to be the next Beatles and wended up as plumbers.
>>63764454
I love Badfinger. What a great band.
album covers like this probably didn't help either
>>63764454
everyone in swansea ends up hating themselves though desu
>>63765347
>be Frankie Lymon
>child prodigy singer in the 1950s
>big hits early with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
>Why Do Fools Fall In Love
>I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent
>hit puberty, voice changes
>nobody wanted to record him anymore
>nobody wants to hear him sing anymore
>struggle through depression and failed comebacks throughout the 60s
>as a late-teen and young adult he's forced to lip-sync performances of his own songs just to make a meager living
>in this mid 20s, everyone still thinks he sings and sounds like an 11yr old
>dead of herion overdose in his grandmother's bathroom at age 25
https://youtu.be/BzCKZWkhYHA
>>63766763
I mean, the same thing sort of happened with Beiber but at least Beiber still has insane marketing and way more record sales to keep his ass afloat
Pls don't post the usual stories, like Jackson C Frank, I've heard that one a thousand times.
>>63766826
bieber was never discarded. also, with bieber they're selling sex and puberty is a goldmine. also tbqh ƒam he's hot as fuck. :|
>>63764454
>Badfinger is remembered as that Beatles knock-off band with the one song
naw, Harry Nilsson fans know them for "Without You."
also, go watch the Big Star documentary, "Nothing Can Hurt Me." jeezus.
>>63766923
I don't need a boner right now fåm.
>>63767339
sorry. ever since i posted that i've been looking at sexy pics of beebz, nick & joe jonas, matty healy, vic fuentes, andy biersack. i always get like this on the weekend ':|
>>63764454
>>to this day, Badfinger is remembered as that Beatles knock-off band with the one song that sounds like Paul McCartney
And being the finale song to Breaking Bad, which is pretty cool