Famous 60s Rock Band Feuds

This activity is important because, as a manager, you should know about team processes and how they impact team effectiveness. Teams should be synergistic, producing better results than the members work combined. A number of problems can keep this from happening, such as the behaviors of individuals.

The goal of this activity is to demonstrate your understanding of teams by reading a case and answering questions.

Read the case and answer the questions that follow.

Some of the most famous conflicts in history are in famous rock bands. They produce amazing tunes but also historic feuds. The stories here are a sample of what occurred in each band.

Simon and Garfunkel (five studio albums between 1964 and 1970)

The legendary duo was one of the best-selling groups of the 1960s, including many famous songs such as The Sound of Silence (1965). Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel met in elementary school, so their relationship was a long one. They fought, broke up, and reunited several times, largely related to artistic disagreements. For example, each wanted his track to be the final one on their 1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water album. When they refused to record the others song, the album was released with 11 songs rather than 12.

Cream (four studio albums between 1966 and 1969)

Jack Bruce (bass) and Ginger Baker (drums) famously disagreed about music and volume, fighting and sabotaging each others equipment at performances. Some experts say that some of Creams greatest music was inspired through anger at each other. Decades later, the band was considering a reunion tour, but Baker apparently said something or did something to upset Eric Clapton (guitar).

Ringo and The Beatles (13 studio albums between 1963 and 1970)

When recording The White Album in 1968, Paul McCartney and John Lennon fought frequently. At one point, Lennon stormed out of the studio but returned later and agreed to record. However, drummer Ringo Starr, tired of the fighting, completely quit the band. Although Ringo did return to The Beatles, the other band members took turns playing drums to finish the album. They later apologized and asked Ringo to come back to the band.

The Who (11 studio albums between 1965 and 2006)

John Entwistle (bass) played the electric bass at a time when it was fairly new in the early 1960s. He is famous for playing with zest, loudly and intensely. Despite his fame from this playing style, he admitted that he just wanted to be louder than everyone else onstage. In the case of the song The Substitute, for which his bass lines are legendary, he said he played so loudly because he didnt want his sound to be mixed out of the final version. Naturally, this led to fights onstage.

Simon and Garfunkel were each considered amazing musicians as individuals, and their refusal to work together to record a 12 th song on their final album is a good example of Multiple Choice social loafing. toskwork. synergy, process loss. staff invalidity. Fights between Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker in the band Cream included sabotaging each other's musical equipment, which took time from their work while the other band member Eric Clapton waited. The fighting would be considered Multiple Choice social loafing. process synergy. synergy. production blocking. staff invalidity. All of the famous bands in this case may be said to produce better music than they would according to each's individual capability alone, also called Multiple Choice social loafing. production blocking. process gain. staff validity. taskwork. Ringo leaving during the recording of The White Album is most like the team concept Multiple Choice hierarchical sensitivity. synergy. process gain. taskwork. social loafing. One similar need of all the bands in this case is to not only play their own parts but also to organize the music together, resulting in Multiple Choice staff invalidity. coordination loss. production blocking. social loafing. process synergy