02-18-2010, 04:40 PM
<!--quoteo(post=79908:date=Feb 18 2010, 02:31 PM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Feb 18 2010, 02:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I was listening to the oldies, Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Twisted Sister and Van Halen back in the early 80s. I'm not saying that I hated the Michael Jacksons or Duran Durans of the day, but they just weren't my favorites even at 6 or 7 years old. I discovered Punk and Metal in the mid to late 80s, when the glory days were already over. I always wished that I could have been 5 years older, just to be able to experience the punk and post-punk era first hand.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rok, if it's any consolation, I think the golden era took place when I was between the ages of 7 and 12 and always felt like I missed all the action by a decade.
And as much fun as it is to whomp on Butcher. I have a ridiculous adoration for the cheeziest '70s pop you can imagine so as likely as I am to be listening to King Crimson or Lou Reed, I'm just as likely to be listening to the Carpenters or ABBA. I'm not on the most solid ground.
During the part of the '80s when all that Brit synth-pop was happening...away from MTV and the charts there was a HUGE amount of fucking fantastic American music being made by bands mentioned above as well as the Meat Puppets, Violent Femmes, Thin White Rope, Flaming Lips and many many others.
The '80s is where Indie rock comes from. The '80s were great...just not great on the radio.
Rok, if it's any consolation, I think the golden era took place when I was between the ages of 7 and 12 and always felt like I missed all the action by a decade.
And as much fun as it is to whomp on Butcher. I have a ridiculous adoration for the cheeziest '70s pop you can imagine so as likely as I am to be listening to King Crimson or Lou Reed, I'm just as likely to be listening to the Carpenters or ABBA. I'm not on the most solid ground.
During the part of the '80s when all that Brit synth-pop was happening...away from MTV and the charts there was a HUGE amount of fucking fantastic American music being made by bands mentioned above as well as the Meat Puppets, Violent Femmes, Thin White Rope, Flaming Lips and many many others.
The '80s is where Indie rock comes from. The '80s were great...just not great on the radio.