A Question for My Brothers (No. 1)

Some of you may know, and some may not, that my brothers and I (and occasionally Mom, not so much my sister or Dad) like to argue. More often than not the arguments are about unimportant matters but we each try to articulate our position in such a way as to make it seem like everyone else is a moron and we are king of the world.

I, personally, can't get enough. So here is a my attempt at revamping this blog a bit by beginning a series of posts called A Question for My Brothers. I will pose a question, hand out the sledgehammers and call for us all to "swing away."



Today's question:

In popular music, what is the worst case of the 'U2 Effect'? 

The U2 effect being the tendancy for a band/musician to start off good, or even great, and then fall into utter ruin. Examples of course would be U2 (though, by virtue of the effect being named after them, do not qualify), Coldplay (ha), Paul McCartney,  Jay-Z etc.

A follow-up question could be has anyone ever reversed the trend?