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.

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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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

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 LOVE Maiden.
Number of the Beast was one of my first ever tapes. I loved Run to the Hills and 22 Acacia Avenue... who didn't love Number of the Beast.
Somewhere in Time.... Seventh Son... just defined my early musical loves as a single digit darkside to early teenage years.
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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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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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don