Re: Bands that now blow...my theory

["Jeff Roy" <jeffroy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had this conversation many times with my wife and friends over 
the years, and I've encapsulated all these "once great-now bland/lost 
their fire" bands into my "stairway theory." Let me give you the 
prime examples - the bands who led me to this horrible conclusion. 
Specifically ZZTOP (pre-Eliminator)and RUSH (Pre-Signals)...these 
bands, somewhere along the line have FALLEN DOWN A FLIGHT OF LONG, 
LONG, LONG STAIRS...hitting their collective heads and lost COMPLETE 
CONTROL, FiRE AND CREATIVITY. Being from Texas, and being a big blues 
fan, I especially want to vomit when I think of how raw, hard and on 
fire ZZTOP used to be way back in the "Rio Grande Mud" and "Tejas" 
days...I mean, they r-i-p-p-e-d...and since 1983, we've had nothing 
but raw sewage. Likewise with RUSH - ALL of their work up through 
Moving Pictures was great. The stuff was masterful. Now you couldn't 
pay me to bare listening to what's become monotonous, sounds-like-the-
same-long-song music. Hey, while we're at it (besides the cool live 
show they have ALWAYS PUT ON since the mid-seventies), Pink Floyd's 
studio stuff, post-Roger Water is garbage too.

These groups, amongst many others, haven fallen down that same flight 
of stairs, and I consider them all but dead now. In their defence, I 
DO have to say that there are some that are still worth it because 
that still JAM live, so it makes up for it. 

When they fall down these proverbial stairs, they either lose 
COMPLETE creativity and just keep torchering us until they are put to 
sleep for their own good (no more label), or they sell out 
completely...following the manager's money trail straight to 
oblivion.....uu-hum...*Aerosmith*.....uuuh-hum...excuse me.

Jeff


On 14 Jun 2001, at 10:38, The Gore-met wrote:

> Hee hee hee! Sorry, this whole "decline of a once great band" thing 
> is
> a subject near and dear to my rock 'n roll heart, but I'll restrict 
> my
> follow-up comments to one post.