The Dink Network

: : : those bands are so.... automatic. of course people say the beatles are the greatest band of all time, because they have no individual sense of good music. nirvana? how many times have you heard that? bob marley? sex pistols? metallica? these bands are just the corporate giants of their genres. people jump on the band wagon and dont get to sense the real diversity and technique of music. you listen to metal right? metallica fan? oh yeh punk rock, i like the sex pistols! not that these bands arent good, its just not apparent that you have any sort of genuine attachment to these bands when everyone who has ever heard of the concept of music picks these bands to be the best ones. whatever is on the radio seems to be the most talented bands out there. it is social proximity that creates this fact, and its lame. not that you cant like these bands, i just think you should listen to a little more bands and form a little more personal list of great bands,

: True, bands like Queen are the ones that are thoguth of straight away, but some with good reason. Queen have their own spectacular style nobody else has ever reproduced, which makes them worthy of their fame.

: But anyway, each to their own I say!

Velvet Underground rocked, Lou Reed was never quite the same alone. Pixies were good, add in the Smiths, Mothers of Invention, and early Bowie. Also, for other old stuff, I think the Doors were pretty dang good, and The Who's Quadrophinia (sp) was and still is great as is Ozzy in the Blizard of Oz days (Randy Rhodes was a wizard with the guitar). I could go on and on, including newer worthy alternative...but why?