SteveMacD, I nominate your post "Post of the Year"!
It made a lot of sense about whole "slow death". I think part of the problem was that there were too many "new" members, i.e. Billy, Rick, Dave, Bekka, and too many members leaving or wanting to leave, i.e. Lindsey, Christine, Rick, and Stevie.
Does anyone know why Rick left after the Behind the Mask tour? Was it his choice or was the choice made for him?
Personally if feel FM should have went to a more hard rock style instead of the country/rockabilly route they went. Not neccessarily hard, hard rock/heavy metal, but more a rock and roll band and less of a soft rock/pop/country band.
Lastly, Billy should have been more of the focus during the Time era. Was Dave Mason really even neccessary?