Comments on: Chinese Democracy

By: gveers

gveers — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:33:38 +0000

Having listened to this album more, I think it’s in contention for the best guitar solo album ever. There are some truly tremendous solos, especially in the first six songs or so.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:08:49 +0000

I agree with you there, Kyle. You can throw pop music in with that as well.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:13:46 +0000

But in 10 years will as many people look back as wistfully at emo as they even do now at grunge? Doubtful. Will there be any emo bands that will be remembered in 20 years time like, say Guns N’ Roses, or Nirvana? No one’s going to care about My Chemical Romance or Fall Out Boy in 20 years.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:58:59 +0000

You know, At the Drive In was a great band, and I guess they would be characterized as emo. But I am off topic….

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:49:47 +0000

Sounds good to me. Now when can Emo be gone?

By: Will

Will — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:39:35 +0000

Kyle – You are right that grunge was out before 93, but glam metal (and metal in general) was not dead in 91, when the Illusions came out. Perhaps 1993 is too late, but grunge didn’t instantly slay glam. I was trying to give it a few years, but you are probably right that 1993 may be a little late. The Spaghetti Incident? came out in 1993 and bombed, and Poison’s Native Tongue did the same. Maybe 1992 is the year it really changed.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:25:01 +0000

Will – I agree with pretty much everything you said above, except the fact that grunge didn’t break in ’93, it was late ’91/early ’92 when Nevermind hit, and shortly afterward all but laid waste to Glam/Hair Metal.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:20:01 +0000

Dude, you are just wrong. Warrant broke AFTER Appetite (their first album came out in 1989, two years after Appetite). Motley Crue came out with one of their most popular albums, Dr. Feelgood, in 1989. Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot were done by 1987, but there is no compelling evidence that GNR had anything to do with that (QR put out two crappy albums before 1987, for example).

Why do you continue to pull out assertions that have no basis in actual and easily verifiable facts?

By: calabrin

calabrin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:57:34 +0000

Glam Metal was more than just Poison. What about Warrant, Ratt, Night Ranger, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, and Quiet Riot? You never heard of any of these guys after Appetite.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:38:12 +0000

Brian, I still have to disagree. GNR didn’t change the scene at all with Appetite. It was different album and was a huge success, but it did not dent the glam metal scene at all. Poison, the glamiest band of them all, gained its popularity after Appetite came out. People certainly saw GNR as a band apart, but I don’t see any evidence (except post hoc reminiscing) that the album dealt any sort of blow to the glam metal genre at all.