What happened to all the rock gods? - Page 4

uhler · 07.17.2008, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by o'connor

repped! there as bad if not worse than rush for fucks' sake!

they are so much more awful than rush.

uhler · 07.17.2008, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pbradley

GODDESSES

who said god isn't a woman? if there was such a thing.

pbradley · 07.17.2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by uhler

who said god isn't a woman? if there was such a thing.

Pagans.

uhler · 07.17.2008, 10:24 PM

anyway if people are sticking to males only then here's the ultimate rock god

uhler · 07.17.2008, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pbradley

Pagans.

fuck those assholes.

acousticrock87 · 07.17.2008, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by uhler

i guess women can't be rock gods.

Hell no they can't. Women are sex objects. Don't you pay attention to the media?

viewtiful_alan · 07.17.2008, 10:53 PM

Hardly anyone has an ounce of fucking charisma anymore...
I mean have you seen fucking vampire weekend? Shit..
I know they are a particularyly awful example but it seems like having no cahrisma and exactly no danger factor is a trend in modern rock.
I mean shit... modern indie rock isn't gonna scare anyone's parents.
And none of the metal people have any rockstar qauality..

acousticrock87 · 07.17.2008, 11:05 PM

Safe is the new dangerous.

uhler · 07.17.2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by viewtiful_alan

Hardly anyone has an ounce of fucking charisma anymore...
I mean have you seen fucking vampire weekend? Shit..
I know they are a particularyly awful example but it seems like having no cahrisma and exactly no danger factor is a trend in modern rock.
I mean shit... modern indie rock isn't gonna scare anyone's parents.
And none of the metal people have any rockstar qauality..

modern indie rock scares me cause it's so awful.

lechaoscestmoi · 07.18.2008, 05:08 AM

schizophrenicroom · 07.18.2008, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by viewtiful_alan

I mean have you seen fucking vampire weekend? Shit..
I know they are a particularyly awful example but it seems like having no cahrisma and exactly no danger factor is a trend in modern rock.
I mean shit... modern indie rock isn't gonna scare anyone's parents.
And none of the metal people have any rockstar qauality..

they're not trying to be, though. it's harmless, entertaining pop and vampire weekend from what i know are sweethearts and put on a hell of a fun live show.

therealglenstyler · 07.18.2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by uhler

anyway if people are sticking to males only then here's the ultimate rock god

much as i love Mr Svenonious and his emissions I don't think he has enough laughter lines to be a rock god, not really dionysian/odin oriented enough. Too articulate, a true hero no doubt but an auslander in the "rock god" domain (and gratefully so I'd imagine)

(curses, no umlaut!)

I do suspect that one of the legacies of the nineties really is that the generic notion of a rock god is somewhat redundant unless indulged in with a hefty dose of irony (ie the darkness/dragonforce/kid rock).

I'd say Beth Ditto is doing a pretty decent job of contemporising rock godliness these days but, y'know, a lot's riding on how that next album comes off.

batreleaser · 07.18.2008, 06:41 AM

svenonious is rad. soft focus is such a cool show.

mangajunky · 07.18.2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

fuck the standard definition of rock gods, these are my current rock gods:
keiji haino, tom smith, rat bastard, weasel walter, yamatsuka eye, mick barr, kk null, jim o'rourke, kim/thurston/lee, buzz osborne, phil anselmo (althogh he prolly could actually fit into the standard def), kerry king, stephen o'malley, greg anderson, oren ambarchi, the mighty merz, misty martinez, nandor nevai, tatsuya yoshida, and so many more. these people might not be the embodiment of rock n roll, but they are all great musicians who believe in the sprituality of performance and rocking the audience's head off. or something.

I loved this response.

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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to batreleaser again.

mangajunky · 07.18.2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Buckethead. There, I said it.

I've met Buckethead and seen him without the mask and talked about monster movies with the guy. I can't think of him as a rock god. He is pretty awesome, though.

mangajunky · 07.18.2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by dazedcola

I cant believe no here has mentioned J Mascis. He really resurrected the guitar solo in the late 80s/early 90s.His solos are pure transcendental passion, I could get lost for days in them.

He's not an 00's guy. I'm looking for someone modern.
That's why Corgan and Cobain are out too. they're not modern.

lechaoscestmoi · 07.18.2008, 11:04 AM

thom yorke lol

Sonic Youth 37 · 07.18.2008, 11:11 AM

Marnie Stern

demonrail666 · 07.19.2008, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by viewtiful_alan

Hardly anyone has an ounce of fucking charisma anymore...
I mean have you seen fucking vampire weekend? Shit..
I know they are a particularyly awful example but it seems like having no cahrisma and exactly no danger factor is a trend in modern rock.
I mean shit... modern indie rock isn't gonna scare anyone's parents.
And none of the metal people have any rockstar qauality..

I can definitely see a time soon when the saturation of bands like Coldplay, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, etc, creates a massive critical backlash that will pave the way for a new Guns n Roses type outfit to once again clean up - which will, in itself, lead to yet another Radiohead-of-sorts, and so on. The depressing predictability of Rock is how it never seems able (at least in terms of its more commercial A-List) to break out of this cycle. There's always another Slash waiting in the wings, just as there's always another Jonny Greenwood.

Toilet & Bowels · 07.19.2008, 06:59 AM

this thread needs an offshoot

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