In an effort to give all of the acts that I have never heard of in this thread the benefit of my doubt I've listened to every one of them. None of them have inspired me in any way. Not one made me want to crank up the volume let alone go pick up my guitar. One thing this thread has done is make me want to relearn 18 and life! Thanks @Sapient !Another part of the problem is EVERYONE wants to call their damn music rock.
I remember clear and well that Alternative and Grunge were anti-rock ..more than beyond glam too. They did not want to be called rock at the time and purposely weren't. They even skipped doing guitar solos, a lot of them, to show their anti-rock support.
I made the call THEN, that when their little terms "Alternative" and "Grunge" essentially died, they would then come running to cling to being associated with "Rock". Mainly to preserve some sort of longer term relevance. Rock my butt-oxen. They were Alternative and Grunge and in my book they ain't slippin' out of it.
You, "Skid Row", everything ...you guys have completely missed the essence of the topic and are on your own ride off it. "Skid Row" sucking or not sucking essentially has nothing to do with it. Essentially they have nothing to do with the main point of the topic at all.
Man ...I'd hate to rely on message through some of you here ...I'd ask for a sandwich, and you'd bring me back a helicopter. Jeez.
Carry on. You've invented your own thread.
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