It doesn't matter what band it is or what era they are from, chances are that at least some of this time line by Grant Snider will apply to them, sooner or later. Link -via reddit
There has got to be a very amusing hipster variant of this somewhere.
Ie: "Yeah, they were way better when they were living out of a van and starving and only 5 of us even knew they existed back in Williamsburg. Now that they can afford Cup O' Noodles, rent, and bunkbeds because they actually made $2000 last month, they've totally sold out. They are So Over. I've already moved on to a much more obscure band that you've probably never heard of. They're really indie; and starving."
Ie: "Yeah, they were way better when they were living out of a van and starving and only 5 of us even knew they existed back in Williamsburg. Now that they can afford Cup O' Noodles, rent, and bunkbeds because they actually made $2000 last month, they've totally sold out. They are So Over. I've already moved on to a much more obscure band that you've probably never heard of. They're really indie; and starving."