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If you need a dose of wholesomeness \u2013 here you go. We talk so much about drama and feuds, of bandmates hating one another or fall outs tearing it all about. But for now, here is a moment of sweetness, courtesy of Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n This certainty wasn\u2019t always the case. Eagles had such an intense history of feuds<\/a> that it tore the band apart repeatedly. Initially, the band only lasted from 1971 to 1980 as a fight at the heart of the band made it all unworkable. <\/p>\n Things were already rocky after Bernie Leadon, one of the band\u2019s founders, quit in 1975 after a dramatic fight that ended with him pouring a drink over Glen Frey\u2019s head and storming out. <\/p>\n However, the main fight involved Don Henley and Don Felder. During a recording session in 1976, Felder was working on \u2018Victim of Love\u2019 which he\u2019d made it clear that he wanted to sing on the record. However, the band weren\u2019t happy. \u201cDon Felder, for all of his talents as a guitar player, was not a singer,\u201d Glenn Frey said, with Henley agreeing that the recording \u201csimply did not come up to band standards.\u201d<\/p>\n Unsure how to broach the topic with Felder, they did perhaps the worst thing they could in that situation. When Felder was out of the room, they deleted his vocal take<\/a>, and had Henley rerecord it.<\/p>\n Obviously, Felder was furious. It caused cracks in the band that they never really recovered from, only worsening and deepening over time throughout other fights, fall out and walk outs, eventually leading to their initial 1980 split.<\/p>\n But fights happen and friends fall out, talent is something else. Despite it all, Felder could never bring himself to bad mouth the band\u2019s ability and still had kind words to say about Henley regardless, even naming him as the band member he revered the most in a lashing of praise. <\/p>\n