Don't think this has as much to do with that as it does the Chicks' move from mainstream country for awhile. Their last album was good, decent even. But their song about Earl (the album before IIRC) was just a little off to say the least and perhaps was an omen where they wanted to go all along. Sort of alternative country. Top 40 country stations won't play that.
Disagree...their last album was a huge country success. You couldn't play a country station for more than 15 minutes without hearing a DC song. But after the "incident" it's like they never even existed. BIZARRE. But I think the Country music world was more than happy to get rid of them. They pissed alot of people off. I do believe the country music world is a big family and they were known to insult other performers, and that's a no no. And then when they pulled their FUTK at the music awards, that was just too much. So when the "incident" happened, I don't think the country world shed a tear to get rid of them. And I don't know whose idea it was to use what happened in their comeback, but it had to be one of the worst ideas ever. It is a shame, because that Natalie girl has a great voice...wasted.