Bands That Broke Up in the Last Decade

One Direction

The news of One Direction officially disbanding was like the end of the Western boy group era. After being put together on The X Factor in 2010, the group remained unrivalled for years until 2015, when group member Zayn Malik left the group, wanting to live a normal and private life. The group continued with the four members – Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson but by the end of the year, they went on a hiatus that led to a complete disbandment. Currently, all of them are pursuing solo careers.

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The Local Train

The Indian rock band hasn’t disbanded completely, but many of its original members like their founding member and vocalist, Raman Negi left the group in 2022. It was reported that Negi wished to pursue a solo career as a singer and songwriter. Currently, the band is still together with remaining members including Paras Thakur, Ramit Mehra and Sahil Sarin.

The White Stripes

The American rock duo band consisting of Jack White and Meg White had the most mysterious band break up. The group originally formed in 1997 and had some critically acclaimed albums like White Blood Cells, Elephant and more until 2007. That’s when things took a slow pace and eventually they announced their official disbandment in 2011.

The reasons were not given out at the time, however, later Jack told in an interview that the duo weren’t on the same page & didn’t match up well. Although they remain on good terms and decided that having individual careers would be much better.

NOFX

NOFX is a punk rock group that formed in 1983 with Vocalist & bassist Fat Mike, guitarist Eric Melvin and drummer Erik Sandin. Later El Hefe joined the band in 1991 to play lead guitar and trumpet. However, in 2022, Fat Mike announced the breakup while replying to a fan’s question on Instagram. 2023 marks the group’s 40th anniversary and they will be playing their final shows in 2023 and 2024, before going their separate ways.

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2NE1

2NE1 is considered one of the OG groups of K-pop with many bangers like Fire & I Am the Best and many more. The group however bid goodbye to their fans in 2017, going separate ways. As the leader CL pursued a career in the US and other members Bom, Minzy and Dara opted for solo careers in different fields. Recently, in April 2022, the group came together and performed for the first time since their disbandment at the Coachella Festival. The performance was considered one of the best & made many fans nostalgic, demanding that they put out music together.

My Chemical Romance

MCR is considered one of the most influential punk rock bands that took form in 2001 & had a good run till 2013 when the group suddenly announced their disbandment. It came as a big surprise & it also seemed that many band members were not really up for it but eventually went their own way. Fortunately, in 2019, the band announced a reunion show that led to a reunion concert that concluded in 2023, due to the pandemic situation. Will they be putting out new music again, is not reported yet but fans are hopeful.

NU’EST

Consisting of JR, Aron, Baekho, Minhyun and Ren, the dagger of disbandment was a looming challenge to the group that led many members to go on the survival show Produce 101 Season 2. It did help them bring new fans to the club but they eventually called it quits on March 15, 2022 – which also marked their 10th anniversary as a group. Currently, Aron, JR, and Ren have left their agency, while Baekho and Minhyun are pursuing their music & acting careers.

Big Time Rush

Consisting of Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Carlos PenaVega, the pop group started in 2009 simultaneously with the television series, Big Time Rush on Nickelodeon. In 2013, with the end of their TV series, the group members continued touring until 2014 and later went on an indefinite hiatus, to pursue solo careers. The group had a reunion in 2021 & came out with a new song Not Giving You Up in 2022, and have been touring but no further updates can be found about their comeback together.

Black Sabbath

The heavy metal band from 1968 was formed by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. However, they called it quits in 2017, after almost 49 years of putting out great music that influenced the generations. The group have had their ups & downs throughout its career, the most infamous being the kicking out of Osbourne in 1979 but in the present time, the reason for disbandment is that they have run their course & would like to retire from the scene in good health.

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