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I never knew it was wrong to not like Nirvana and bad to have opinions about things, but now I know. Thank you so very much, Rolling Stone.

They're a truly terrible band. The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. Rolling Stone is an insult to toilet paper

I got to grow up in that era...HORRIBLE. I kinda wanted to shoot some of my friends at the time who told me "Just read the lyrics". THEY MAKE NO FUCKING SENSE.

Dave Growl is laughing all the way to the bank. Cobain's death was probably the best thing that ever happened to him.

Fuck Rolling Stone.

ebake02 wrote:Fuck Rolling Stone.

^What he said!

You are all crazy?! What's wrong with covering the likes of Britney, Beyonce, DMB, Phish, Weezer, Nirvana and any other flavor of the day? I'll tell you all, and I don't write for them: EVERYTHING.

To the toilet paper comment....I hope you meant they are worse than the kind you find at cheap hotels...you know, the type that wiping would be better with a sheet of paper....

I think next issue they'll be covering Eminem and then Coldplay for good measure.

There was a magazine in the 70's & 80's that appealed to and served the same demographic as Rolling Stone but it always remained objective and the articles never attempted to form your opinion for you and just presented the facts. Damn if I can remember the name of it... It was widely circulated and was on the newsstand next to RS. It was to RS as Cracked is to MAD Magazine. Maybe someone will know which one I'm talking about and list the name. It's not Spin or Creem..... DAMN!

JRNYMAN wrote:There was a magazine in the 70's & 80's that appealed to and served the same demographic as Rolling Stone but it always remained objective and the articles never attempted to form your opinion for you and just presented the facts. Damn if I can remember the name of it... It was widely circulated and was on the newsstand next to RS. It was to RS as Cracked is to MAD Magazine. Maybe someone will know which one I'm talking about and list the name. It's not Spin or Creem..... DAMN!

Hit Parader was pretty popular when I was growing up.



In their Journey article, Schon said he had to wear sunglasses during the playback of SHML in the studio because he started crying. He had just broke up with some chic and was a mess at that point.

Don wrote:Hit Parader was pretty popular when I was growing up.



In their Journey article, Schon said he had to wear sunglasses during the playback of SHML in the studio because he started crying. He had just broke up with some chic and was a mess at that point.

I'd forgotten all about Hit Parader. That was a decent mag. Interesting story about Neal. I'd never heard that. For some reason, I thought that one was Perry's baby and was inspired by a personal situation.

The one I was thinking of is Circus. After I remembered which one it was, I looked it up and learned it was around a lot longer than I thought. It ran from 1966-2006. The thing that stands out in my mind about Circus was it focused exclusively on music and the people who made it. No period pieces or book reviews or candid, one-on-one, tell-all interviews with the mega-movie star du jour... just music. And they weren't biased in their reporting and reviews. I never had a subscription but it seems like just about everyone I knew did so I really didn't need one. 40 years.... Wow, that was a pretty decent run for them. And, just for trivia's sake, it was where Kurt Loder cut his teeth.

I used to enjoy Rolling Stone (I got a free subscription when I purchased concert tickets) But wrote them off completely when they did a top 25 DJs of all time list and didn't mention Armin Van Buuren anywhere, while slathering their pathetic praise all over the new dubstep bullshit DJs.

Liam wrote:I got to grow up in that era...HORRIBLE. I kinda wanted to shoot some of my friends at the time who told me "Just read the lyrics". THEY MAKE NO FUCKING SENSE.

Same here.I was 16 or 17 when Nirvana-Nevermind hit and MTV totally changed all their videos to grunge and alternative.Overnight it seemed like bands like Def Leppard,Motley Crue,Whitesnake,etc. the whole 80's scene was shunned and the mags and MTV played and promoted nothing but Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Smashing Pumpkins,etc. Right around this time it seemed like all the girls and guys i knew immediately started liking either Rap and R&B or country instead of rock.There were lots of people who quit liking rock right around this time period.I would go to parties with a hundred people and i'd even make a bet that i could play something by Def Leppard or something from the 80's and get people moving because it was like death with no one even dancing or moving around.I made a group of people a bet at a party that i could get more people on the floor dancing with one of my 80's CD's then they could with Smashing Pumpkins.After they played the Pumpkins i put on an 80's compilation and way more people got moving,dancing around right then and these people were still refusing to acknowledge their music sucked.I even got into a fight at this same party because of these idiots.The first half from 1992 until nearly the end of the 90's were horrible until KISS had their reunion then other 80's bands started getting back together.By 1996 almost all the grunge bands either went away or had important members die.

Don wrote:

JRNYMAN wrote:There was a magazine in the 70's & 80's that appealed to and served the same demographic as Rolling Stone but it always remained objective and the articles never attempted to form your opinion for you and just presented the facts. Damn if I can remember the name of it... It was widely circulated and was on the newsstand next to RS. It was to RS as Cracked is to MAD Magazine. Maybe someone will know which one I'm talking about and list the name. It's not Spin or Creem..... DAMN!

Hit Parader was pretty popular when I was growing up.



In their Journey article, Schon said he had to wear sunglasses during the playback of SHML in the studio because he started crying. He had just broke up with some chic and was a mess at that point.

I started buying and collecting those in '83 pretty much all the way through '91 along with Circus.I also collected Creem and Metal Edge.In the late 80's/early 90's there was a magazine called RIP that was pretty good back then.All these magazines were way better than Rolling Stone.

mikemarrs wrote:

Liam wrote:I got to grow up in that era...HORRIBLE. I kinda wanted to shoot some of my friends at the time who told me "Just read the lyrics". THEY MAKE NO FUCKING SENSE.

Same here.I was 16 or 17 when Nirvana-Nevermind hit and MTV totally changed all their videos to grunge and alternative.Overnight it seemed like bands like Def Leppard,Motley Crue,Whitesnake,etc. the whole 80's scene was shunned and the mags and MTV played and promoted nothing but Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Smashing Pumpkins,etc. Right around this time it seemed like all the girls and guys i knew immediately started liking either Rap and R&B or country instead of rock.There were lots of people who quit liking rock right around this time period.I would go to parties with a hundred people and i'd even make a bet that i could play something by Def Leppard or something from the 80's and get people moving because it was like death with no one even dancing or moving around.I made a group of people a bet at a party that i could get more people on the floor dancing with one of my 80's CD's then they could with Smashing Pumpkins.After they played the Pumpkins i put on an 80's compilation and way more people got moving,dancing around right then and these people were still refusing to acknowledge their music sucked.I even got into a fight at this same party because of these idiots.The first half from 1992 until nearly the end of the 90's were horrible until KISS had their reunion then other 80's bands started getting back together.By 1996 almost all the grunge bands either went away or had important members die.

I remember watching MTV on New years in 92 (I think), and seeing Nirvana live. Well...that was one of the worst years of my life.

The only album I can think of that was slightly enjoyable from that time was Pearl Jam's Ten. It had a little melody, and some actual solos in it that I could get into, but that was about it. I actually had to listen, 'cause it certainly wasn't on the radio. So that part was painful. lol
I couldn't have been happier when Styx got back together in '95

mikemarrs wrote:

Don wrote:

JRNYMAN wrote:There was a magazine in the 70's & 80's that appealed to and served the same demographic as Rolling Stone but it always remained objective and the articles never attempted to form your opinion for you and just presented the facts. Damn if I can remember the name of it... It was widely circulated and was on the newsstand next to RS. It was to RS as Cracked is to MAD Magazine. Maybe someone will know which one I'm talking about and list the name. It's not Spin or Creem..... DAMN!

Hit Parader was pretty popular when I was growing up.



In their Journey article, Schon said he had to wear sunglasses during the playback of SHML in the studio because he started crying. He had just broke up with some chic and was a mess at that point.

I started buying and collecting those in '83 pretty much all the way through '91 along with Circus.I also collected Creem and Metal Edge.In the late 80's/early 90's there was a magazine called RIP that was pretty good back then.All these magazines were way better than Rolling Stone.

Back in the late 80s until Nirvana killed the music, I collected Rip, Metal Edge, Hit Parader and Circus magazines. There were all in pristine condition too, encased in plastic and crap. I sold the whole collection a couple years ago. I am not going to say what for because quite honestly I cry now thinking about it. I wish I had them all back. I kept them in a rubber made box and pulled them out from time to time just to read them again and remember. My god the posters in those things were gorgeous. And the band interviews, I remember laughing my ass off. Of course, I never let my mom see them as some were quite scandalous....

Grown men running around wearing mascara, lip gloss and pastel colored silk scarfs, letting their excessive lifestyle dull their creativity killed rock, not Nirvana. When the fans grew out of it, the bands that changed with the fans survived.
Grunge fans didn't stop Glamrock fans from buying records. The lack of new ideas plus the explosion of sub-par copycat acts is what damaged the genre. No quality control at all by 1989. A tidal wave of crap releases from bands who should have never record deals to begin with helped pull the curtain down on everyone.

Well that too. Trixter and Ugly Kid Joe anyone?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEGjLU2egA[/url]

Don wrote:Grown men running around wearing mascara, lip gloss and pastel colored silk scarfs, letting their excessive lifestyle dull their creativity killed rock, not Nirvana. When the fans grew out of it, the bands that changed with the fans survived.
Grunge fans didn't stop Glamrock fans from buying records. The lack of new ideas plus the explosion of sub-par copycat acts is what damaged the genre. No quality control at all by 1989. A tidal wave of crap releases from bands who should have never record deals to begin with helped pull the curtain down on everyone.

Don wrote:Grown men running around wearing mascara, lip gloss and pastel colored silk scarfs, letting their excessive lifestyle dull their creativity killed rock, not Nirvana. When the fans grew out of it, the bands that changed with the fans survived.
Grunge fans didn't stop Glamrock fans from buying records. The lack of new ideas plus the explosion of sub-par copycat acts is what damaged the genre. No quality control at all by 1989. A tidal wave of crap releases from bands who should have never record deals to begin with helped pull the curtain down on everyone.

I can agree with that, although I still think Nirvana sucks. What you just stated could also be applied to grunge in the mid to late 90s too.

scarygirl wrote:Well that too. Trixter and Ugly Kid Joe anyone?
[url]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEGjLU2egA[/url]

Don wrote:Grown men running around wearing mascara, lip gloss and pastel colored silk scarfs, letting their excessive lifestyle dull their creativity killed rock, not Nirvana. When the fans grew out of it, the bands that changed with the fans survived.
Grunge fans didn't stop Glamrock fans from buying records. The lack of new ideas plus the explosion of sub-par copycat acts is what damaged the genre. No quality control at all by 1989. A tidal wave of crap releases from bands who should have never record deals to begin with helped pull the curtain down on everyone.

How about some Bulletboys too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JMak-LdH7w

Love me some "Worst Of The 90s" lists. Too many bands to name!

Andrew wrote:Love me some "Worst Of The 90s" lists. Too many bands to name!

The list is definitely endless.

Limp Biscuit
Staind
Hole
Nickelback
Third Eye Blind
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Incubus
Smashing Pumpkins
Dishwalla
R.E.M
Nirvana
Jane's Addiction
Oasis.....