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The Eagles created some of the greatest rock anthems of all time, but behind the music was a storm of clashing egos, personal battles, and bitter breakups. This is the story of how the band that gave us Hotel California and Take It Easy nearly destroyed itself from the inside.  Stream it now on REELZ+ at https://www.reelzplus.com Available on Roku, Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.

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00:00The Eagles are one of the biggest bands in history.

00:04They have sold over 150 million records.

00:08The Eagles are the classic rock band of all time.

00:11Their album Hotel California would come to define the 70s.

00:14It was wildly successful.

00:17It went on to sell 32 million copies.

00:20They rose up from a small little band to being one of the best known bands in the world.

00:25Yet four years later, after nearly a decade together, the band fell apart.

00:29I'm going to kill you when you get off this. I'm going to kill you.

00:33So how did a band that had spent a decade at the top suddenly collapse?

00:38The tension and loathing had just reached boiling points.

00:42There were power struggles.

00:43Festered and it came out as murder.

00:45Driven by calculated ambition.

00:48Bullying is not putting it too strongly.

00:51Sex.

00:52The prettiest girls to party after the show.

00:54The guys would get through several in a night.

00:57And drugs.

00:57And they were just destroying themselves.

01:02You create it and then it eats you.

Breaking the Band Eagles – Rock Legends Torn Apart

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