Bands that should hang it up

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  • Matty Boy
    Matty Boy Posts: 421
    I dont hate Gnr (well I hate them now because of Axel Rose being such a huge dickhead) but I gotta say that their brand of rock seems very outdated nowadays.
    That's funny that you hate GnR because the singer is a dickhead. That's the same reason that most people hate Oasis.. for the record I'm a huge Oasis fan also. Why is GnR's brand of rock outdated these days? Is it because it's actually good? If GnR is outdated than I guess so is Pearl Jam and Oasis!! I hope all three bands continue to make outdated kick ass Rock N' Roll.
  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    R.E.M. has such a huge cannon of material in their catalogue that it is impossible to please everyone. I give them props for their last few albums instead of re-creating "Automatic for the People" or other more commercially successful albums they are mining new territory. Anyone who shows up to an R.E.M. album just to hear all of their "hits" is not going to be satisfied with any show they put on. If you want to go to an R.E.M. concert to exclusively hear "Losing my Religion" or "The one I love" stay home, listen to it on your cd player and save yourself the cost of admission. I love their diverse setlists. They know they can't appeal to everyone's favorites, so they mix things up every night on tour. They are true professionals who cater to their fans

    The really amusing thing about R.E.M. is that they used to have the problem of being huge in America, but having no fans overseas... now this has reversed. Their last 2-3 records get panned over here, but they are playing huge ass venues in Europe, when they couldn't even sell out the Atlanta show on the last US tour.

    So the way I see it, they are just in a particular phase at the moment, and knowing them (assuming they keep going), they will eventually turn yet another corner and change it up again.

    Personally I think the last 2 records were lacking, but I have little doubt that they have great stuff left in them.
    The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit.
  • stickfig13
    stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Why should Metallica stop touring?


    CAUSE THEY ARE HORRIBLE LIVE!!! JAMES'S VOICE IS BAD!
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  • stickfig13
    stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Deftones
    Brian Wilson
    Ozzy
    Journey
    Billy Idol
    Mettalica
    Rhcp
    Green Day
    Brett Favre
    Julio Franco
    SAMMY SOSA!



    Random Choices....i Know
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  • Switch
    Switch Posts: 119
    Matty Boy wrote:
    Guns N' Roses aren't fucking hair metal... they're just one of the best Rock N' Roll bands ever. If "Appetite For Destruction" came out in 92 after "Nevermind" and "Ten" GnR would have still been bigger than Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

    And if 'Appetite For Destruction' hadn't come out at all, no one would give a fuck about them.