From: pw15@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Philip  Wang)
Subject: Re: Kill Posers!!
Reply-To: pw15@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Philip  Wang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 23:21:05 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.182548.1551@selway.umt.edu> sh666@selway.umt.edu (Wolverine) writes:
>I totally agree with maple.  The following bands should never be confused
>with metal or anything to do with metal..
>Winger		Nelson		Bon Jovi
>Britny Fox	Poison		Europe
>Firehouse (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH FIREHOSE)
>Motley Crue	Def Leppard (how does a band go from Pyromania to Adrenalize)
>Extreme (totally sucks)		Vixen
>Stryper		Cinderella	Warrant (the fucking dumbest band ever)
>Queensryche (or however the fuck you spell it)
>
>I could go on and on and on and on and on and on.  There are so many fucking
>Glam-hair bands these days I could vomit.  The all appear on that total
fucking farce of a magazine Metal Edge.

Most of the bands you mention aren't glam rock. I'm going by glam rock being
band members wear tons of makeup and blow up their hair six feet long in all
directions, etc. I agree with you completely on that Metal Edge "magazine."
Waste of trees there. Useless posters (I don't care what the band looks like
at all, and they never put on the album cover art as a poster feature).


  They once had the audacity to talk
>about Winger GRUNGY new sound.  Sorry.. Winger and Grunge should NEVER be
>in the same setence.  The thing that kills me about these bands is that
>they sing about ONE THING.  Sex and Love.  Thats it!  And they all have
>their touching ballad per side formula.

Not entirely true. Up until Adrenalize Def Leppard messed with lots of topics
(but my interpretation of why they put out so much shit this time around is
explained in another posting. I think that's why Steve Clark drank himself to 
death. I don't think Steve Clark liked anything he wrote after Pyromania.)

But yes, generally most bands are stuck with run-of-the-mill mundane topics
because that's the only thing they can do to get the respect of their labels.
Independents and especially unsigned I guess are the best way to go for the
best metal because they have to impress the big labels before they can go
on to bigger things like releasing bullshit. Sad thing about the so-called
"music industry."

>On a lighter note I just saw Alice in Chains with Gruntruck.  It was
>awesome.  It would have been better if Chains wouldn't have played
>'Would?'.  Anyone out there listen to Willard or the Melvins?  If so
>you already know how fucking hard they are... If you haven't heard of
>them, go out and get their CDs today, or rot in hell forever!
>
Never heard of Gruntruck but I'm not much of an Alice In Chains fan. Too weird
for me. And I doubt I'll be able to find Gruntruck except in Greenwich Village
because New York isn't the place to be for metal these days. I'm happy with
my Manowar and Death and NWOBHM, thank you. It's expensive enough collecting
the NWOBHM especially.

philip
"Washington Boulevard, east-bound. Thirty-three...Can I get a transfer, man?
Ninety-five cents?! FUCK YOU I'LL SKATE TO THE BEACH, AND I'LL LOOK BETTER
GETTING THERE!!!" - Faith No More, "Death March"
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