[quote="Dog 3000"]
In some ways GNR was "grunge before grunge".
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Sorry, Dog. That doesn't wash with me at all. That just sounds like someone desperate to justify what they liked when they were 15!!
It's nothing to be ashamed of. I liked Status Quo when I was 15!
As for G'n'R....they were just the latest in a long line of naff post-Zep trad rock bands IMO, except like Bon Jovi they were a pop band dressed up in rock clothing. Unfortunately, their pop songs weren't even good pop songs. I only have to hear the opening bars of Paradise City and I'm running to the door. I'd rather listen to Dana!
And I honestly can't see any connection between G'n'R and the likes of Nirvana, Tad, etc, other than they played guitars, etc. It's a bit like trying to justify the Bay City Rollers by saying they were punk before punk because they wore straight-ish trousers. Honestly, other than being funny (for no doubt the wrong reasons!) I can find no single redeeming factor in G'n'R whatsover. They were a joke then, they're a joke now, and frankly the longer Axel takes before he unleashes his next pile of poo on an undeserving world, the better as far as I'm concertned.
Phew. I feel better now...
; )
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