Metallica Caves, Joins iTunes - Jul 26, 2006 - E! Online News

Even aging rockers who hand-delivered over 30,000 names of Napster users to a court house eventually need to sell out. After selling out about saying they would never do a music video, then doing one for One in 1988. And selling out by helping to sue their fans who downloaded their music (it's just not all about the rock-n-roll is it?). Or, selling out when they started making more commercial friendly music (starting with/after 'And Justice For All') because speed metal was losing money making potential (compare the music to Kill em All). You could argue that they sold out when they changed their style, likely for their corporate label, Elektra. Some could say being on a label like Elektra is selling out.

I wonder if there are any bands out there who keep true to their "I won't sell out, I just like playing music" roots that many bands start with. I think you find that more in punk music (as opposed to Green Day which is like punk rock diluted with hooks and college frat boys). I doubt I'll ever hear a Social Distortion or Bad Religion song on a Pepsi commercial. No Black Flag selling Hanes underwear or Danzig telling me how he loves Capital One. They shouldn't sell out their music, just be like rap artists and 'act'. Or, just play your music, hope people buy it, play concerts and hope people come.