Musicians' Nearly Career-Ending Stunts

When you think of the Village People, you think of the cop, construction worker, biker, cowboy, soldier, and Native American chief singing feel-good disco about local public facilities, right? What you may not know is that the "YMCA" singers attempted to steer away from disco and go New Wave with their 1981 album, 'Renaissance.' The album was critically panned and deemed a complete embarrassment to the group, especially since their New Romantic ... more 

When you think of the Village People, you think of the cop, construction worker, biker, cowboy, soldier, and Native American chief singing feel-good disco about local public facilities, right? What you may not know is that the "YMCA" singers attempted to steer away from disco and go New Wave with their 1981 album, 'Renaissance.' The album was critically panned and deemed a complete embarrassment to the group, especially since their New Romantic makeovers rendered them unrecognizable. less