The "business" of music is almost always a buzzkill. The music itself should be the fun part - especially rock and pop. That was the spirit in which it was originally spawned, afterall. All that death metal, grind core, hard core rap, grunge, emo shoe gazing, etc of the last couple decades kinda killed the fun, maybe, just a thought, but it seems to be coming around to a don't-take-yourself-to-seriously vibe again. I guess brain surgery could be made fun if the surgeon played an ukulele in the O.R.
But I know what you mean. I found this a little while ago, from the early 90's, and my first reaction was: Man, this is dark! I'm playing the guitars and marimba, and my current bandmate and steel drummer, Greg, is playing drums, bass and piano. With age comes happier stuff for us, now. Different times, different stage in our lives, etc. Greg was mortified when I posted this, but it actually holds up, I think, dated as it is.
My second reaction was: Needs uke.