10 Songs That Broke Up Bands

10. Eminence Front - The Who

Ever since their start in the '60s, the Who always felt like a band for the people. They may have had their more extravagant moments like on Tommy or Quadrophenia, but the whole point behind the music was for Pete Townshend to relate to his audience on a more profound level. So when a song comes out that ends up pointing out the artificial nature of the job, things came crashing down real quick.

On the surface, "Eminence Front" is actually a pretty great song, with the band's trademark synthesizer sounds peppered throughout, but the real downfall comes in the lyrics. Though there are some good food for thought in the wordplay, Townshend doesn't mince words when talking about the entire project being a "put-on" at this point. Given the amount of distance this is from something like Who's Next, it's almost like this song is mocking for enjoying it rather than looking beyond the catchy tune.

After having already lost Keith Moon two albums before, this was the moment where Pete Townshend officially washed his hands of the Who project, which wouldn't be revisited in a studio setting until the late '00s. The Who's music is able to endure almost anything, but this one final classic showed that everything they had worked towards was about to fade away.