Grunge is dead

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dopo corgan ache cornell attacca la musica rock di oggi

Chris Cornell stated in a new interview with The Sun that Soundgarden’s new album is groundbreaking and as vital as anything they’ve ever done. Cornell also called out modern day music’s shortcomings, like Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has in recent interviews. Here are some excerpts:

“I’ve always believed that rock music benefits from an obstacle,” says the Seattle native.

“The worst rock is made when everybody loves rock, like in the late Eighties. That’s the only time hard rock has been the biggest-selling genre of music — and it was mostly crap.

“The Seattle scene was the antithesis of that. Soundgarden was very instrumental in creating that shift.

“We were one of the first bands to be held up and looked at, where the engines of commercial rock thought, ‘This is the future. This band or bands like it can be selling millions of records’.

“A big reason grunge became so big so fast is because people were so sick of what was out there.

“It’s the same thing now. You have a better chance of a very healthy and vital rock scene coming out today because there’s something to react against.

“Contemporary pop music couldn’t be any worse than it is now. The one bright spot was Adele having the biggest-selling record of last year. They’re actually songs and she can really sing.

“So obviously the biggest market still responds to a human being creating music.”

Cornell says: “The one way we stood out is that we weren’t one of those bands that was easy to get. I think every band from the Seattle scene was pretty easy to figure out. But we were extremely diverse and we could do it authentically, which is not easy to do.

“I think the one thing that’s been overlooked is that we covered a lot of territory.

“In terms of an overwhelming commercial acceptance, that hurts you. But in terms of longevity and having a lasting impact that’s legitimately culturally important, it helps you.

“We stand alone outside of genres. We’re not like anybody else. We can’t be imitated.”


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il bello per riviste come la nostra è che c'è chi la pensa così sul serio (mi ricordo un forum penoso anni fa, rock e dintorni, non quello di onda rock, che di tutto il decennio 2000 non c'ha capito una fava mentre accadeva), ed è la ragione per cui esistiamo, o una delle ragioni

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Bella mossa di Vedder, una tantum

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[absent friend]

mah, non saprei. Preferirei che la band che ho davanti mi proponesse quello che vuole lei, non quello che vuole il pubblico. Se poi le due cose coincidono meglio.

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i pearl jam ormai hanno talmente tante canzoni e talmente tanta confidenza con il repertorio... che fanno bene a fare così, è lo spirito giusto. Tanto non hanno più nulla da dire a nessuna generazione, neanche a quella loro forse, quindi invece di sorbirsi una scaletta che fa leva sugli ultimi insuccessi, meglio che sia così. Farei lo stesso se fossi Springsteen, Cure, Pumpkins, NIN, e forse Radiohead.

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Mi pare avevamo parlato di qualcosa di simile tempo fa... comunque, prendetela come volete:

According to guerrillacandy.com, Barrett Martin stated in a recent Q&A with Jet City Stream that Mark Lanegan will sing on some songs on the new Mad Season album. The songs Lanegan is singing on were originally written for Layne Staley to sing on. Martin and Lanegan were bandmates in the Screaming Trees from 1991 to 2000, and Lanegan contributed vocals to two songs on Mad Season’s first album (Long Gone Day and I’m Above).

[Pilgrim]

bellissimi i commenti al video su youtube.

she should sing "rape me"

[Viktor Serge]

Direi che Courtney non ha del tutto gradito.

"You do know the song is about my Vagina right? 'Throw down your umbilical noose so i can climb right back,' umm… On top of which some of the lyrics about my vagina I contributed. So umm next time you sing it, think about my vagina will you?"

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avrete visto il sondaggio su facebook... più che altro vediamo cosa ne pensa mediamente il pubblico del panopticon (ammesso che votino anche i non fanatici)

[Percy]

Non mi aspettavo così pochi voti per gli Smashing Pumpkins

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sarà il periodo...
è vero che come popolarità i pearl jam non sono secondi a nessuno in italia, solo ai rem, agli oasis, ai radiohead e agli u2