Where have all the rock stars gone?

[Chief]

pretty interesting article -

http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=ryfkv3twkxqs5dx7ky4z3wkrk1327d10

[GNRreunioneventually]

rehab

[mrlee]

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[stolat]

Is Axl the last great rock star??

[mrlee]

Is Axl the last great rock star??

nah i think manson did pretty good too!

[stolat]

But in, say, 14 years time, will there still be a demand for Manson to tour/put out a CD? That's the test.....

[mrlee]

But in, say, 14 years time, will there still be a demand for Manson to tour/put out a CD? That's the test.....

well, he makes albums pretty often and has more catalogue, axls promised this legendary album which hasnt seen the light of day thats the only reason people are still holding onto him in such a big way, everyone wants to hear it, fan or not.

plus theres generations of people who got into them who didnt get the chance to see them in there glory days, so its always cool to jump around to some of the older tunes with axl actually singing them!

i know i had fun when i went haha, jungle was the most mad song the crowd went to, everyone jumping in unison, it owned.

[Kady.52]

meh, velvet revolver are clearly the saviours of rock n roll 

[stolat]

But a good rock star becomes a part of the total culture. When G N' R broke in the 80s, they were on everybody's lips whether you loved the music or hated it. Fashion trends were started overnight.........

I guess Marilyn Manson also got people talking, but on the large scale that G N R seemed to affect the mid to late 80s.
It was getting towards the end of a very decadent decade......

 

[mrlee]

meh, velvet revolver are clearly the saviours of rock n roll 

nah id say CRASHDIET are

they do everything rock n roll should be about!

[mrlee]

But a good rock star becomes a part of the total culture. When G N' R broke in the 80s, they were on everybody's lips whether you loved the music or hated it. Fashion trends were started overnight.........

I guess Marilyn Manson also got people talking, but on the large scale that G N R seemed to affect the mid to late 80s.
It was getting towards the end of a very decadent decade......

 

look at the sudden wave of all those wannabe goths, manson had impact too.

[marty]

rehab

nah they tried to make them go, but they said no no no

[stolat]

Yes, but they are only one small part of society........

Guns N Roses in the 80s were musics last big hurrah........and then the money ran out.......

[mrlee]

Yes, but they are only one small part of society........

Guns N Roses in the 80s were musics last big hurrah........and then the money ran out.......

but gnrs music wasnt talking about living large most the time, it was about the streets and all the shit they have on a day to day basis!

[stolat]

Do you know how much money went into making their filmclips!

[mrlee]

Do you know how much money went into making their filmclips!

music, not the videos, anyway those vids were made in the 90s

[stolat]

I'm not saying Guns N' Roses were a bad part of the 80s - they tapped right into the vibe of the popular culture at the time.......just like Dylan did......

[Red1]

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That's pretty funny man.  Those guys look so stupid.  There are waaaaay too young bands around who are trying to copy the trashy image of the 80's LA bands that need to realise that it was genuine back then - it was a scene and now it just doesn't work cause it's so false and contrived.

[mrlee]

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That's pretty funny man.  Those guys look so stupid.  There are waaaaay too young bands around who are trying to copy the trashy image of the 80's LA bands that need to realise that it was genuine back then - it was a scene and now it just doesn't work cause it's so false and contrived.

way too many bands? like who

vains of jenna and crashdiet....i dont see anymore decent ones about....

i think theres too many bands trying to look like faggots if you ask me.

[stolat]

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That's pretty funny man.? Those guys look so stupid.? There are waaaaay too young bands around who are trying to copy the trashy image of the 80's LA bands that need to realise that it was genuine back then - it was a scene and now it just doesn't work cause it's so false and contrived.

way too many bands? like who

vains of jenna and crashdiet....i dont see anymore decent ones about....

i think theres too many bands trying to look like faggots if you ask me.

Like who?

[mrlee]

They are
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ok looks like the photo doesnt work

so linkage

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That's pretty funny man.  Those guys look so stupid.  There are waaaaay too young bands around who are trying to copy the trashy image of the 80's LA bands that need to realise that it was genuine back then - it was a scene and now it just doesn't work cause it's so false and contrived.

way too many bands? like who

vains of jenna and crashdiet....i dont see anymore decent ones about....

i think theres too many bands trying to look like faggots if you ask me.

Like who?

various emo bands
fall out boy
mcr
panic at the disco

then youve got the metalcore shit
like bullet for my valentine etc

all this nu-rave CRAP

they all look like lame emos who are afraid to show that they are actually men and act like women.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

HAHA. 

And your glam boys are real manly men aren't they?

[CheapJon]

if someone is looking for a man, zakk wylde is your man

[mrlee]

HAHA. 

And your glam boys are real manly men aren't they?

personality wise and stage performance-wise. id be a fool to see they didnt look feminine!

what would you rather see, seb bach rockin out on stage, kickin ass at some punk throwing a glass bottle at him.

or panic at the discos singer standing there scared shitless behind the mic, gets knocked out by a plastic cup.

[Kady.52]

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That's pretty funny man.? Those guys look so stupid.? There are waaaaay too young bands around who are trying to copy the trashy image of the 80's LA bands that need to realise that it was genuine back then - it was a scene and now it just doesn't work cause it's so false and contrived.

way too many bands? like who

vains of jenna and crashdiet....i dont see anymore decent ones about....

i think theres too many bands trying to look like faggots if you ask me.

Like who?

Well... Gerard Way is clearly a raving lesbian. But I think that a lot of new bands copy the 80's image. You don't have to look/play like Motley Crue wannabe's to be 80's. It's all about how you live your life. GN'R were hardly the archetypal 80's band on Appetite... But now they seem to define that Era.

To be honest, I'd rather there were new bands playing that kind of music that I can at least listen to and enjoy even if the solo is just 'Eruption' backwards... Back in the day there were hundreds more 'copycat' bands that were put together by record companies, enterprising club owners, etc.

Today, it's all too easy for a talentless band *cough* arctic monkeys *cough*  to get real famous, and force their small dicks down everyone's throat. These new bands should at least be given the chance to blossom... Some of them will grow and by their 2nd/3rd album they will have matured as a band and started playing more their own style.

A good example of a new, contrived band that fell by the wayside are Roadstar, formerly known as Hurricane Party. Good band, good looks, but everything about them was under their manager's thumb.

If you want to check out  real, genuine new hard rock band, you could do worse than Silvertide. Their debut album Show and Tell really kicks some fucking ass, and they're not pretending to be anything more than they are.

http://www.silvertidemusic.com/host.htm

x

[mrlee]

roadstars 2 albums rocked, shame management fucked them up

[Communist China]

Endeverafter will save modern rock from itself.

[mrlee]

Endeverafter will save modern rock from itself.

i dunno man, i mean some of there songs sound like fall out boy....its kinda off putting

[Communist China]

Endeverafter will save modern rock from itself.

i dunno man, i mean some of there songs sound like fall out boy....its kinda off putting

Haha, someone else has heard of them. I think when they put out their first album in August, it'll be one of the best rock albums of the year. I wouldn't say they're emo, if anything they're glam.

[DeN]

cemetery

[Kady.52]

roadstars 2 albums rocked, shame management fucked them up

Exactly, i have their EP, I wanted them to get big so they could sign it then I'dve been minted lol.

But they're still young so we'll prolly see 'em resurface.