Refresh my memory . . . this IS the 21st Century, right?

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

About 6 acts that haven't been around 10 years or more...

Bet half leave when Michaels finishes his set.

Somewhere Sarah Palin is phone-whipping an assistant for not thinking of that obvious cash-generating promotion idea

"Saruh . . . whipping . . . assistent . . . must . . .find. . . . the luuuuuuuube"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Don McLean had it figured out a while back.

Most of the artists pictured here still endure because they came from an era where record companies nurtured their development as artists and didn't care about quick-fix hit singles so much as building strong albums worth of music.

Once the music industry became ClearChannel-ized, development of cutting edge artists went the way of the dodo and it was all about here-today-gone-tonight rap and dance-fluffy pop shit. Even most modern rock artists that make it through the machine suffer from Pro-Tools, Auto-Tuned bland similarity, taking away any kind of originality and bite.

There's always been a lot of great music out there and still is. The problem is, they're all found on garage labels and the music industry's distribution and A&D models moved into the 21st century with all the grace of the Keystone Kops. Listeners have to really, REALLY dig for good music, and unfortunately, because of no widespread distribution, are likely going to see their favorite bands play clubs and the occasional Pitchfork or Coachella for the rest of their careers.

Corporate crap, meanwhile, spews from our radios and televisions.

A small rant: I read a thread a few days ago where someone was posting that American beer sucks. Not true; corporate beer sucks. The mass-produced stuff; microbrewed American beer is stunningly good. Same thing with music: new music doesn't necessarily suck. Corporate music sucks. Think about most anything in your life you think is incredibly lame; almost certainly, the thing you hate is being force-fed to you by a corporation.

I love Muse. They're a legitimately 21st century band. There are others out there, too. Every year sees someone new and exciting in music. It's just damn hard to find amidst the dross. It's the corporate crap that sucks. Music, movies, beer, even art: the corporate crap is precisely the worst stuff out there.

but with some B-12 shots even dead it can do a 12 stop tour!!!!

for the triumphant return of

Bad Company!


Same location I saw them play 35 years ago. I found their stuff to be dumb but my friend had a teen crush on the lead singer and his carpeted chest.

Help!!!

I thought he took over as lead for Queen. Maybe they finally realized that he's no Freddie Mercury!

Kids don't look at your old cool rags.

My boyfriend gets a British rock magazine, which has pages of listings for concerts. There are shitloads of concerts in the UK, including lots of festivals. Every time I look at the magazine, I find myself saying "They're still around?" numerous times. It's unbelievably how many of these bands are still around (or have reunited).

But the 70s never seem to go away, do they?

:rofl:

That Bon Jovi concert is likely to be Cougar Central, with their over-tanned, wifebeater-wearing boyfriends/huzbins, lighters in tow when he plays "Wanted Dead or Alive".

for the rest (other than old punk acts from the late 70s), no thanks! :D