As I've mentioned before on here, I came to the rock fold in the early 90's as Seattle was at the forefront of rock music and the 80's bands were being systematically culled. Since then all I've heard was that Grunge was necessary to get rid of all the hair bands that had got too decadent, watered down and generally posturing posers out of touch with reality. Last week a mate of mine was saying exactly that and since then I've been wondering: Is that really true or just a line peddled by grunge followers and the mainstream media? After all - history is usually written by the victors. The reason I ask is because through this site and various magazines I've heard of a lot of bands from the 80's that were wiped out by grunge and were really top notch musicians and songwriters. So did the rock world really need grunge to shift the balance of power in favour of something different? I just thought I'd ask the faithful on these pages as I'm genuinely curious. Notice I'm being tactful and desperately trying not to say the 'old guys' on this board :-)) I can see how the genertaional shift meant that young kids needed a musical genre that spoke to them as Thatcher and Regan's boom and bust economics had left the world in a pretty sorry state and maybe 80's rock typified that. If you're a poor kid growing up you aren't going to relate to mega rock acts selling shed loads and living the high life. That's not so much what I'm wondering - I just want to know was the rock music of the 80's as bad as some detractors claim it had become, or is that just what people who didn't like that kind of sound have written as gospel and in hindsight isn't actually true? Cheers.http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878813#msg-878813Sat, 25 May 2013 07:12:09 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879365#msg-879365 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879365#msg-879365 rocknut NoticeboardSun, 19 Feb 2012 22:02:09 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879255#msg-879255 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879255#msg-879255 Kauna NoticeboardSun, 19 Feb 2012 07:12:51 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879231#msg-879231 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879231#msg-879231 Terry K. NoticeboardSun, 19 Feb 2012 01:51:28 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879230#msg-879230 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879230#msg-879230 Terry K. NoticeboardSun, 19 Feb 2012 01:50:05 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879209#msg-879209 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879209#msg-879209 rocknut NoticeboardSat, 18 Feb 2012 21:15:05 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879208#msg-879208 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879208#msg-879208 rocknut NoticeboardSat, 18 Feb 2012 21:14:16 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879207#msg-879207 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879207#msg-879207 rocknut NoticeboardSat, 18 Feb 2012 21:11:53 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879064#msg-879064 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879064#msg-879064 Terry K. NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 13:22:03 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879049#msg-879049 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879049#msg-879049
Remember how you told me to let it go abount Foreigner? Is this ever going to happen with you about the old days and bands being on the radio?

Andy]]> Vantheman NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 10:40:17 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879045#msg-879045 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879045#msg-879045 Terry K. NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 10:24:43 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879044#msg-879044 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879044#msg-879044
pS: I'm no huge Crue fan,either...]]> Terry K. NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 10:23:33 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879033#msg-879033 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879033#msg-879033
Grunge just came along at the right time, same way rap, hair metal, new wave and whatever else happened before or after it.]]> TedSheckler NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 08:02:07 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879031#msg-879031 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879031#msg-879031-------------------------------------------------------
> pure garbage by a no talent drug addict. And the
> industry lauds them as 'heroes' of a generation.

Um... ever heard of Motley Crue? Ozzy? The whole Moscow Music Fest Charade? AerOsmith? Ever seen the Decline of Western Civ II? Robbin Crosby? Fucking Jani Lane?]]> joe NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 08:01:48 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879020#msg-879020 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879020#msg-879020 HoodryWoodry NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 07:17:32 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879007#msg-879007 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,879007#msg-879007
PS: I will say tho-- I DO like the newest STP cd quite alot. Mainly because it's SO much more musical/melodic than anything they've ever done. almost sounds like a dif band! Likely why some of their fanbase doesn't like it--too quality for them.]]> Terry K. NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 06:29:51 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878983#msg-878983 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878983#msg-878983
I really liked Sweet F.A., would have liked to see what they may have done if the scene hadn't dried up. I know there are many on here that didn't care for them, but I really enjoyed them]]> kaneudeck NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 02:20:32 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878981#msg-878981 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878981#msg-878981 stryper NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 02:13:43 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878978#msg-878978 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878978#msg-878978 joe NoticeboardFri, 17 Feb 2012 01:38:58 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878968#msg-878968 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878968#msg-878968 Rebelson NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 22:40:06 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878962#msg-878962 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878962#msg-878962 stryper NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 21:51:17 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878959#msg-878959 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878959#msg-878959 Scott Watson NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 21:15:05 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878957#msg-878957 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878957#msg-878957 Scott Watson NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 21:13:53 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878954#msg-878954 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878954#msg-878954
Another good point from the earlier post - GNR. Surely Appetite was just as much responsible for destroying Sunset Strip as grunge was?

And I'm focussing on hair metal (or glam metal or, my personal fave, cock rock, or whatever the heck you want to call it) cause that was the scene that really did set the world on fire - did I dream it, or were the three biggest bands in the world at one stage in my youth really Jovi, Leppard and Snake? Incredible.]]> 2littleangels NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 20:44:44 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878951#msg-878951 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878951#msg-878951
And that horrendous vocal style continues today in many bands like Stickleback etc...]]> MCFCTrick NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 20:07:02 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878948#msg-878948 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878948#msg-878948 Nunzio Soprano NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 18:46:31 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878946#msg-878946 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878946#msg-878946 Benno NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 16:12:00 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878944#msg-878944 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878944#msg-878944 Terry K. NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 14:33:30 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878943#msg-878943 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878943#msg-878943 Terry K. NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 14:21:49 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878940#msg-878940 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878940#msg-878940 Julian H NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 13:15:07 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878939#msg-878939 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,878813,878939#msg-878939
To take rock music to the next level? No. It was, in every way, a regression.]]> Joe-× NoticeboardThu, 16 Feb 2012 12:45:19 +1100