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Originally Posted by KevinTodd
I'm at that magical age where these "hair-bands" were simply a bridge between the classic rock I grew up with, and the grunge period where it somewhat returned. Cannot argue the success of bands like MC, et al, but they never resonated enough with me to buy any of their music or see them live.
I'm a huge music geek--but this period, IMHO, was like the comparable malaise period in automobile production. To each his own, of course.
I would go as far to say that I certainly wouldn't try to take anything away from most of the guitarists, drummers and other musicians of this genre; I just didn't like the finished product.
FWIW, I feel the same way about bands like GNR.
The video above is hysterical, but I'd have been pissed if that's what I got once I paid for a ticket.
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I feel the same way with the "Hair Metal" that dominated the scene in the early 80's to early 90's. I saw MC at Gazzari's years ago when they were just starting out, probably 81 or 82. My cousins and some friends were into all that stuff, Dio, VH, Scorpions, Dokken, etc. Went to the shows but just couldn't get excited about it. I was more into Joe Walsh, SRV, Bob Marley, smaller local bands and other eclectic jazz oriented stuff.
Not too many reunion tours I'm interested in these days. If somebody plays a small venue I'm interested, otherwise I avoid the stadium shows. The biggest show I have tickets to currently is Dwight Yoakum at the Wynn casino in Vegas in December.