10cc

Finally, this short notice in Pulse magazine's international roundup caught our attention, simply because it is the single most egregious and craven example of what we've been talking about:
Japan's Avex Trax has signed 10cc...10cc (sans Kevin Godley and Lol Creme) has just issued Mirror, Mirror, its first effort since the early '80s, including an updated version of "I'm Not in Love."

Let us count the levels patheticness:

  1. Reforming a band that has long been forgotten.
  2. Reforming the band in Japan.
  3. Reforming the band in Japan without the two driving forces behind it (Godley and Creme were to 10cc what Mick and Keith are to the Stones, and went on to prosperous recording, producing and directing careers).
  4. Reforming the band in Japan without the two driving forces behind it and proceeding to record a new version of the band's biggest hit for no good reason at all.

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