10 Songs That Caused Huge Rifts In Bands
1. Victim Of Love - Eagles
When the Eagles got around to making their masterpiece album Hotel California, songwriters Don Henley and Glenn Frey were on a mission. Working diligently in the studio, the duo ruled the band with an iron fist, with absolutely zero tolerance for filler material.
Once guitarist Don Felder came in with a demo for the song "Victim of Love," he made a point that he wanted to sing the song on the record. Though Frey and Henley originally agreed, the vocal takes weren't coming together. Instead of being upfront with Felder about his singing abilities, the band agreed to have their manager take Felder out to dinner while they stayed in the studio and cut the song with Henley singing lead.
By the time Felder got back to work in the studio, he realized that his vocal takes had been stolen right from under his nose. Not too long after the making of the record, the band renegotiated their contract, leaving Felder with far less earnings than his fellow bandmates, leading to years of bad blood between Felder and the rest of the band. The record may exude California sunshine, but the development behind "Victim of Love" turned out to much more malicious than the Eagles freewheeling ethos.