In 1994, The Eagles reunited.   They did this despite the fact that they still hated each other.  The group decided that enough money could make a reunion tour worth having to be around each other.  They openly reunited just for the money and made a ton of it on the Hell Freezes Over Tour.   

Since The Eagles reunion, many of bands have reunited.  Some have actually managed to revive there career (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, The Police), but most disappeared back to their jobs at Wal-Mart.  Some bands have even decided that they should reform with new sings (The Doors, Alice In Chains, Queen, Blind Melon, Boston)  and tarnish the bands original legacy.  The one thing that keeps this trend going is money.

It’s seems that people always want that one last chance to see their favorite band or even a band that reminds them of their youth.  This allows these groups one chance to make themselves important again and it gives the aging baby boomers a chance to feel young again.  The sad thing is that the reunion tour is bigger (not better) than ever, just look at last years Police, Van Halen and Genesis tours. 

This year is no exception and may have even more shitty reunions than ever.  The biggest may be Stone Temple Pilots and Motley Crue.  Motley Crue are back, even though Tommy Lee said he would never play with the band again and Mick Mars is still alive so prop him up and let the fun begin.  Stone Temple Pilots, on the other hand, will be a crap shoot.  It could put on a great show every night, but with Scott Weiland’s history the chance of that is small.  The smart thing that both of these bands are doing is making each show like a festival, that way you may get your money’s worth.

The worst reunion news has to be New Kids On The Block.  It blows my mind that anybody would care to see this.  I watched them perform on the Today show  last week and it was terrible.  Their horrible dancing made then looked like fools and they sounded off key and flat.  Yet, somehow they are selling out shows in minutes (Chicago sold out in 10 minutes) and have added a full summer of shows. 

If that wasn’t bad enough.  Their is also talk of an Extreme reunion, a Jackson 5 reunion (that rumors comes up every year) a Led Zeppelin tour.  Who gives a shit about Extreme?  The Jackson 5 have tried it before and nobody cared and please, please, please somebody stop the Led Zeppelin tour.  This would do nothing but suck.  These are old men, well Jimmy Page looks like an old woman now, and it just won’t be good.  Does anybody really think that 60 year old men singing Black Dog and Rock and Roll will do anything but embarrass the band?

Also, reuniting this year are The Black Crowes, The Breeders, Yes and The B-52′s. The Black Crowes are a good band and are always worth checking out, but I’m not sure I see any reason for the other ones, especially B-52′s.

  When will this stop?  When will people stop paying to seeing band that only sound have as good as they should?  When is enough, enough?