▁EP , ▁and ▁the ▁forth coming ▁tour , ▁the ▁Ad oles c ents ▁broke ▁up ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁" O dd ly ▁enough , ▁we ' d ▁never ▁even ▁made ▁it ▁out ▁of ▁California ", ▁Frank ▁Ag new ▁later ▁reflected . ▁Brandenburg ▁later ▁c ited ▁disag re ements ▁over ▁the ▁band ' s ▁direction ▁and ▁his ▁personal ▁dis com fort ▁with ▁their ▁sudden ▁popular ity ▁as ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁break up : ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁big ▁f ights ▁between ▁me ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁band ▁for ▁my ▁ref us al ▁to ▁take ▁out ▁the ▁word ▁" f uck " ▁and ▁change ▁it ▁to ▁" su ck ". ▁The ▁parents ▁of ▁two ▁members ▁were ▁ups et ▁by ▁the ▁prof an ity ▁— ▁this ▁was ▁our ▁big ▁chance ▁to ▁become ▁junior ▁pop ▁stars ; ▁they ▁wanted ▁to ▁tone ▁it ▁down ▁for ▁a ▁wider ▁audience . ▁I ▁looked ▁at ▁groups ▁like ▁St iff ▁Little ▁F ingers ▁and ▁said ▁" This ▁is ▁where ▁that ▁leads ▁to ". ▁They ▁wanted ▁to ▁sell ▁out ; ▁I ▁wasn ' t ▁comfortable ▁with ▁being ▁anybody ' s ▁role ▁model . ▁I ▁was ▁an ▁awk ward , ▁n erd y , ▁go of y ▁te en ▁— ▁within ▁two ▁years ▁I ▁was ▁suddenly ▁some ▁sp okes man ▁for ▁the ▁angry ▁te en ager . ▁I ▁wasn ' t ▁anyone ' s ▁sp ok esp erson ; ▁I ▁could ▁bare ly ▁speak ▁for ▁myself ! ▁Every body ▁h ated ▁me , ▁then ▁they ▁all ▁loved ▁me . ▁I