For Rock Bands: Is Breaking Up Hard to Do?

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
This weekend, the New York band Rainer Maria plays its last show and then joins us a long list of bands who have parted ways. Today, a look at the mess behind a band's divorce. Ron Skoler, an entertainment lawyer, will give the dirty details of dividing up the music publishing rights, the instruments, and the orphan fans. And Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot will explore the psychological fallout. Also: film composer Tom Twkyer talks about scoring the new film, "Perfume." Finally, a look at the fall out after tenor Roberto Alagna walked off the stage mid-performance at La Scala this week.

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