Faith in music RESTORED!!!

[fraroc]

Holy shit......It still exists.....

YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR SKINNY ASS, MILEY CYRUS, CUZ ROCK AND ROLL IS STILL FUCKING ALIVE AND KICKING!

I found this band via Yahoo Answers. It seems like it always comes up whenever there is a "I hate my generation's music. Is there any hope for music?" question/rant. At first, I WAS skeptical and I thought that this band was going to be another fucking NickelSHIT/Creed/Saving Abel-esque post-grunge whiny preachy christian rock band like what dominates today's rock charts. I was absolutely FLOORED when I gave it a listen. To me, Airbourne is the love child of AC/DC, Cinderella, KISS, and Motley Crue. The singer has one HELL of a fucking rock n' roll voice that you'd swear this song was written in 1987 and not four months ago.


As much as I want this to be the mainstream, the rebel in me doesn't mind being hated for liking this band.

[FORD]

Logo stolen from Metallica... sound stolen from Ac/Dc, but they ain't bad.

[Mr. Vengeance]

Bought the first album. Thought they were not bad. Haven't got around to buying subsequent releases.

[78/84 guy]

Black Stone Cherry has some good stuff also. Sounds more old school than most new stuff. Heavy blues rock.

[Coyote]

Hey, If Lemmy approves it, it's good enough for me...

[Northern Girl]

Logo stolen from Metallica... sound stolen from Ac/Dc

Inspired by...

[Kristy]

Gawd, that's fucking ghey. Mind-fucknumbing ghey.

[twonabomber]

After admitting you're an Echo and the Bunnymen fan I don't think you've got much cred here.

[Kristy]

Ouch! That so hurt. Look, if you want to speak Echo blasphemy then speak Echo blasphemy but it doesn't change the cold fact that shit is pretty fucking ghey.

[Northern Girl]

There's a time and place for 'fun' music! Not everything has to be profound.

[78/84 guy]

There's a time and place for 'fun' music! Not everything has to be profound.

That's when I play Rush or Yes. At least it's still musical. Krusty has zero cred musically with me. I have read some of the shit she considers music. Complete rubbish ! I'd rather listen to a C.C. DeVille guitar solo any day of the week !

[Kristy]

Rubbish? Dude, where are you from, again?

[fraroc]

Gawd, that's fucking ghey. Mind-fucknumbing ghey.

[Sensible Shoes]

Guffaw.

[SilvioDante]

I checked these guys out on iTunes and really liked them!

This thread puts me in the mind of 3 quotes I've heard before:

The famous:"I don't know art but I know what I like"
Tom Petty's quote on people ripping him off. He said that every rock guitarist owes Chuck Berry money anyway.
And I believe it was our Fearless Leader that said all good rock and roll comes from below the neck.

Sure these guys "ripped off", "influenced by" AC/DC or whoever. From what I've read about them, they don't hide the fact that they have been heavily influenced by AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and others. Who cares!? I like it and I miss the sound. I am stuck in 1985 and I'm pretty damn proud! Slag on me all you want music is all about entertainment and they entertain me. Screw all this "rock and roll can save the world" crap. I'll leave that for Jeff Bebe, I just want to get my ass kicked for 3:30 min. with music that doesn't have Cookie Monster vocals or a computer playing all the music with a tween queen "singing??" on it. Is that to much to ask?

To really piss some people off, I like these guys also, Rival Sons. Totally unapologeticly ripping Zeppelin off, but once again, who cares? I think its pretty cool.

[DLR Bridge]

I like these guys also, Rival Sons. Totally unapologeticly ripping Zeppelin off, but once again, who cares? I think its pretty cool.

Sounds good! Outside of the main hook being similar to the first four notes of the Out On The Tiles riff, I'd say these guys offer up a nice dose of bluesy rock that is in short supply these days. Thanks for sharing!

As for Airbourne, I've only heard Live It Up so far and does seem a bit too derivative. I'm not looking for poetry, but the cliché laden pre-chorus is a touch over the top.

[envy_me]

I am blind and senile, I just read "Fetish in music restored"

[DLR Bridge]

I just read "Fetish in music restored"

Ahh, a Freudian misread!

[Kristy]

I checked these guys out on iTunes and really liked them!

Eh, fire that shitty bass player.

[Kristy]

Sounds good! Outside of the main hook being similar to the first four notes of the Out On The Tiles riff...

Oh PLU-EAZE!! They are another lame Zeppy clone dog and pony show. Fucking outdated 70's riff posturing, and bland lyrics. No originality, no substance. Nothing. Empty suits for a corporate contract.

[DLR Bridge]

Didn't say I wanted to marry them. Sheesh.

[Kristy]

You didn't have to. Even though they are a Kirsten Dunst type of band

[VAiN]

ZZZzzz...

[Romeo Delight]

If I was somewhere and they were playing live... would pay $10 cover and have a few pints. Probably woudln't buy the album or anything.

[Kristy]

You certainly can't get high to that shit.

[VAiN]

I can get high to just about anything.

[Kristy]

Ah yeah, we cant be friends.

[VAiN]

We can work through it

[BITEYOASS]

My faith in music will be restored once they stop playing the same fuckin' songs on a daily basis whenever I listen to a local rock radio station, and once they fire that tool of a programming director from 95.1 FM "The Fox" in Montgomery, AL.

[fraroc]

Oh PLU-EAZE!! They are another lame Zeppy clone dog and pony show. Fucking outdated 70's riff posturing, and bland lyrics. No originality, no substance. Nothing. Empty suits for a corporate contract.

It's become a moot point, but you really are a big F A T fucking cunt who knows nothing about good rock n' roll.

[SilvioDante]

Oh PLU-EAZE!! They are another lame Zeppy clone dog and pony show. Fucking outdated 70's riff posturing, and bland lyrics. No originality, no substance. Nothing..

Exactly! That's why I like it. I don't believe in this musically snobbery of "it must be original and full of meaning or its crap" stuff. If so, I think we need to completely destroy Paul McCartney for his lack of originality because he ripped off both Chuck Berry and Little Richard early in his career. IF I want "substance" I'll watch a PBS documentary on Leonard Cohen or something (which I never will).

If I like it, I like it. " Music, you now, true music - not just rock n roll - it chooses you." Can't help it. Won't apologize for it.

[Kristy]

It's become a moot point, but you really are a big F A T fucking cunt who knows nothing about good rock n' roll.

I know more than you, Mr. Styx pansy-ass loser.

[Kristy]

Exactly! That's why I like it. I don't believe in this musically snobbery of "it must be original and full of meaning or its crap" stuff. If so, I think we need to completely destroy Paul McCartney for his lack of originality because he ripped off both Chuck Berry and Little Richard early in his career. IF I want "substance" I'll watch a PBS documentary on Leonard Cohen or something (which I never will).

If I like it, I like it. " Music, you now, true music - not just rock n roll - it chooses you." Can't help it. Won't apologize for it.

Actually, McCartney & Co. ripped off Buddy Holly. But...what is here to like? Originality is one thing but recycling used bin riffs is quite another. Even with their slick production, this guys sound the same as every other two-bit band that you'd see in any given dive bar on any Saturday night. Look at them posturing for a major corporate label contract where, if lucky, they will become tools for a failing industry. Who knows, they might sell a record or two.

[FORD]

Truth is, I think John Lennon was really the one who was more influenced by Buddy Holly (he even had the glasses). Paul was definitely more influenced by Little Richard.

[FORD]

[Kristy]

I disagree.

[Kristy]

Check it out. I bought this last Saturday at a garage sale for $4 (yeah, I know I was ripped off). I'm hoping it'll send my blood pressure over the edge.



It's a poorly, poorly written book done by a failed musician now turned "rock journalist" hack who, as far I can tell judging from the first few chapters, just wants to suck Jimmy's dick.

[DLR Bridge]

So, after all of your hemming and hawing, you're willing to spend 4 of your hard earned weed stash dollars on something pertaining to someone you despise? What's up with that?

[SilvioDante]

Truth is, I think John Lennon was really the one who was more influenced by Buddy Holly (he even had the glasses). Paul was definitely more influenced by Little Richard.

Thank you FORD. I may not be as enlightened in my musical perspectives and some on this board and Lord knows I'm wrong ALOT, but I grew up in a house with the Beatles playing nearly 24/7 and I am hardly every wrong about the Beatles.

[Kristy]

So, after all of your hemming and hawing, you're willing to spend 4 of your hard earned weed stash dollars on something pertaining to someone you despise? What's up with that?

Know thy enemy. Read Sun Tzu sometime.

“To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.”