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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:53 pm 
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Nirvana is definitely one of the most important post-'80 bands. Whether you like them or not, circumstances were such that they achieved greatness in a short time. Kurt Cobain was a rock star. Dave Grohl is a guy playing a rock star.

That's how every "rock star" seems to be these days. IDK if it's just a different era, or just how the music has "evolved", but none of them have that something about them that rock stars did in the past.


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:07 pm 
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Oh man, are we seriously lamenting the loss of Rock Star Intangibles? It's about the music they make. You want pageantry and spectacle, see a Broadway show, or the Rolling Stones.

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Mick Jones is a Rock Star and he is still performing.

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Since the 80's - throwing Iron Maiden into the discussion. Amazing band that has stood the test of time and still going strong and has influenced every metal band that has come after them.

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I know that yall wouldn't expect that of me for my Floydish tendencies but I was originally a bad metalhead, before drugs.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:02 pm 
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Oh man, are we seriously lamenting the loss of Rock Star Intangibles? It's about the music they make. You want pageantry and spectacle, see a Broadway show, or the Rolling Stones.


Well, the rock idiom is about more than "the music they make". It's about image, look, style, etc. And I think most people can tell the genuine from the fake.

As it relates to Dave Grohl in particular, I don't begrudge the man anything. He took his opportunities and he's enjoying the ride. Hey, he got to play with his hero, Paul McCartney! But there's a stark difference between him and guys like Cobain or Keith Richards who played their guts out because they had to.

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