Many were taken aback by the Bush bashing. But The abrupt end in the band commercial success came after they dissed their fans. Natalie Maines declared war on Nashville. Ask Toby Keith.
Yes, if memory serves, they bashed their fans a bit, and they tried to cross over a bit more into pop and leave their yokel fans behind on their next album... the combination was basically they went from selling out stadiums to being “Dixie who?”