[kj] OT: Bill Hicks

[Alexander Smith]

I never fully subscribed to all that 'Year Zero' stuff. I love lots of  
metal. I adore Punk Rock. I like an unwieldy dollop of so-called  
'classic rock.' I like bits of reggae. I like a lot of dance music.  
There's more than enough crap that I *don't* like, but at the end of  
the day, music is music. I'm too old to define myself by any single  
genre anymore.

Henry Rollins of Black Flag, by the way (since they were invoked  
earlier) is a huge fan of Ted Nugent, Van Halen and Aerosmith.

Alex in NYC


On Jan 31, 2009, at 3:16 PM, iPat wrote:


> I guess we all come here with different routes which is the lists

> strength, mine certainly is more ska, reggae/dub, punk

> for me something like Maiden or Led Zep is baffling, its alien to my  

> taste.

> Most grunge as well was boring, suitable only for landfill, with one

> or two exception. So it makes sense to see my route into say techno

> which others simply cant fathom.

>

> glowsticks anyone? jah man

>

>

> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net 

> > wrote:

>>

>> And what, pray tell, is so wrong with Led Zep & Iron Maiden?

>> I'd also suggest that Black Flag were as much of an influence -- if  

>> not more

>> so -- on the first wave of Grunge bands (Mudhoney, Soundgarden,  

>> Green River,

>> etc. etc.) as the bands you cite.

>> Whatever. Arguing over broken up bands of since-vanished genres and  

>> dead

>> comedians is nothing worth getting hot under the collar about.

>> Alex in NYC

>>

> _______________________________________________

> Gathering mailing list

> Gathering at misera.net

> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering