You know how people are always like "Oh, their albums are shitty. Theyre _______ (insert trendy genre at the time here) now. Why dont they make a record like ______ or _____ (insert band's most classic 2 albums there)? Then they'd be cool again."
That drives me NUTS!! No one will ever duplicate their finest hour. Sure, they could eventually top it in some way down the road or something, but news flash people....THEYRE NOT GOING TO WRITE THE SAME RECORD AGAIN. Well, unless youre out of ideas (copyright Kingy).
How many bands can you think of that have had a long career (signed and releasing albums for at least 10-15 years) that have not had at least one album where you were like "Huh? Uh, no comprende, man. Not a fan." Maybe I'm just a hypercritical and picky bastard, but I cant think of a band thats been around the block for awhile and doing their thing, that hasnt hiccuped musically at least once in their recorded career. IMHO anyway.
There were a few ones that hadnt released many albums, but had been around for awhile so its almost hard to consider them, but in another way, it works the opposite. Whatever. Emperor comes to mind there. But bands like Sabbath, Zeppelin, Kiss, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones of yesteryear, and then Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, and Testament of my generation (and taste), all had slip ups eventually. Some album(s) outright sucked, and some or most fucking ruled. I think I made my point though.
What bands have had a long successful recording career and didnt have one at least near throwaway record? And if you wanna say it, tell us why.
That drives me NUTS!! No one will ever duplicate their finest hour. Sure, they could eventually top it in some way down the road or something, but news flash people....THEYRE NOT GOING TO WRITE THE SAME RECORD AGAIN. Well, unless youre out of ideas (copyright Kingy).
How many bands can you think of that have had a long career (signed and releasing albums for at least 10-15 years) that have not had at least one album where you were like "Huh? Uh, no comprende, man. Not a fan." Maybe I'm just a hypercritical and picky bastard, but I cant think of a band thats been around the block for awhile and doing their thing, that hasnt hiccuped musically at least once in their recorded career. IMHO anyway.
There were a few ones that hadnt released many albums, but had been around for awhile so its almost hard to consider them, but in another way, it works the opposite. Whatever. Emperor comes to mind there. But bands like Sabbath, Zeppelin, Kiss, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones of yesteryear, and then Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, and Testament of my generation (and taste), all had slip ups eventually. Some album(s) outright sucked, and some or most fucking ruled. I think I made my point though.
What bands have had a long successful recording career and didnt have one at least near throwaway record? And if you wanna say it, tell us why.
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