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a pack of wolves:
Is it the dislike of the Smashing Pumpkins, Hanson, Def Leppard or the Sex Pistols you're objecting to? Because if it's any of them except Def Leppard I think you need to go and have a good hard think about things. Not that Def Leppard are all that great but they're the only ones that are at all rocking.

Will:
NOT TRUE! HANSON = ROCK!
mmmmBop

Alex C:
I don't hate rock music, I'm just not terribly big on the Sex Pistols or the Smashing Pumpkins, although I don't really dislike either of them. I was mostly into entry level industrial metal (you know the progression; Kid hears NIN, then finds out about Ministry, etc.) during the mid-90s, so the Smashing Pumpkins appealed to me a bit when they were in full on Godzilla riff mode but weren't really my bag in general. For whatever reason only a song or two of theirs now really appeals to me these days. As for the Sex Pistols, they're part of a culture I don't really understand or particularly care about, although oddly enough I really love a lot of the bands that were directly affected by their existence.

Dazed:

--- Quote from: Ballard on 16 May 2009, 23:20 ---yeah it's a shame

the Pumpkins were a great band and I keep trying to deny that all the talent lay in Billy cause hes a massive dickbag but it's true

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Whoa, hey now, let's not go knockin' Jimmy Chamberlin like that. The man is a phenomenal drummer.

KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 18 May 2009, 14:28 ---Is it the dislike of the Smashing Pumpkins, Hanson, Def Leppard or the Sex Pistols you're objecting to? Because if it's any of them except Def Leppard I think you need to go and have a good hard think about things. Not that Def Leppard are all that great but they're the only ones that are at all rocking.

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I'm talking about the original subjects of the thread. Def Leppard are a perfectly acceptable band with a few songs above their average. Not the greatest band of all time, but given the amount of times I've seen people from this forum expressing a liking for fucking Boston and Journey </vomit> I don't see where the widespread condemnation is coming from.

I've been over this before, but the Sex Pistols are a great band, though many people seem to allow execrable snobbery directed against things that generally happened before they were born.

seriously guys, what is your problem.

Quoting Punk 77:


--- Quote ---The most recognisable band name and members in punk rock. The first and the best. This band alone stood in the centre of the maelstrom with their manager Malcolm McClaren conducting before they all lost the plot in a welter of acrimony and chaos. McClaren is the link between British and American punk having (mis)managed the New York Dolls and absorbed the influences around that time -Richard Hell etc. Anyway he basically got the band together. The music, lyrics & attitude were their own. Sneering vocals, incendiary guitars and a desire to shock and provoke was something not seen before...

...If it sounds tawdry its only half of the story. The Pistols were awesome . From their look to their lyrics to their music they were fresh, original and exciting and young and they didn't give a f**k which made them dangerous. They spawned a whole culture on their own from the Clash to Siouxsie and the Banshees and the fans to the present day in terms of image style and attitude.
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