Surprisingly, to me at least, the most popular option in our Nineties poll was that Bruce should never have broken up the E Street Band and that the Nineties was a wasted decade. The Nineties may not be Bruce's most popular decade, but I still would have thought more people would have gone with the somewhat more forgiving option: It was ok to break up the band, but he could have done better than what he did. Granted, it was a close race, as you can see below, but still.

Oh, and before the "wasted decade" voters start gloating too much, let's not forget that a majority of the voters actually thought breaking up the band was the right thing to do. They are just divided in those who think he could have done better and those who thought he did just fine in the Nineties. And then of course the 1.5% who thought he shouldn't have reunited the E Street Band again.

My question to those of you who think it was a mistake to break up the band is, what would have happened if he hadn't done it? Obviously, he would have continued touring with the band, but if he had done so, where would we have been today? Would the band still have that special aura or would we just be taking it so much for granted that we would be sick and tired of it? Wouldn't we at this point have been begging him to try something different? I think the 10 year period where we didn't know if we'd ever see another E Street Band show was incredibly healthy. It taught us all, including Bruce, how special they are and how much we should appreciate them.

That to me more than made the Nineties worth it, regardless of what we think of "the other band" or his "shut up and listen" acoustic shows that dominated those years. Oh, and I for one enjoyed both of those tours, but I'm still in the "he could have done better" fraction.

11 years after the E Street Band Reunion, how do you feel about Bruce breaking up the band?

He should never have done it. Those 10 years were wasted.	38.2%
It was the right thing to do, but he could have made better use of those 10 years	34.7%
It was the right thing to do and he made good use of the time	25.5%
It was the right thing to do. It was reuniting the band again that was a mistake.	1.5%