One thing working against bands today is that they rarely stay together beyond a few releases. Old school bands kept their lineup for 10-12 albums or more. Now they make so much money early that they put out 2 albums and part ways to go solo or form new bands. Or retire! So from those 2 albums, there may be just ONE monster hit that everybody remembers, thus they are one hit wonders. Surviving member continue on with one original guy who used that wealth to buy the name, and that's the state of the band world anymore.

I remember in the early 90s I did some shows where we opened for The Vogues. In talking to the members, none of them were in any way connected to any of the original guys. They just bought the name. We opened for them 4 times, and we saw 3 different lineups. Our little Motown band had the same lineup for 3 years before I quit playing to go back to college so I could get a big boy job. Longevity plays into this formula.

I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.

1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.