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Was curious what you guys felt were some bands that have gone way past their prime and continue pumping out complete shit. Pretty simple concept here.
Aerosmith
I'm going to divide this into three parts for my 2nd favorite band behind Van Halen.
In their prime:
I'm going to say from their self titled debut to "Night in the Ruts" were when they were amazing and probably one of the Hard Rock bands EVER during this time period. "Rocks" is criminally underrated in terms of being a hard rock record. Slash and James Hetfield have stated in the past that this was their favorite record, and hell, even Kurt Cobain stated that it was one of his favorites. They were to me the epitome of a great 70's rock band, and to me the best band of that decade. Right there in step with the bluesy/hard rock sound of Zeppelin and the stones. If you have a kid and wanted to get him or her into rock music, pick him up "Van Halen I" and "Toys in the attic".
Past their prime
Of all weird things for my hometown to lay claim to is that, not only are we the birthplace of rock n' roll music hitting the airwaves, we are the place where Joe Perry quit the band! Done during a "World Series of Rock" at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium, the fight literally escalated into that over Spilled Milk, and a lot of drugs. (Thankfully an even greater hard rock group stepped into the fold..and I think you guys all know who that is
). Following this there was a lackluster effort in the form of "Rock in a Hard Place" minus Perry and whitford, and another botched new record in "Done with Mirrors". Really it took a tandem work with Run-DMC covering their most well-know song from their prime to hoist them back to making passable music. "Permanent Vacation", "PUMP" and "Get a Grip", while not even close to where they were in the 70's, were actually a fun listen and it's actually those songs that not only introduced me to Aerosmith but Rock N'Roll Music in general in the form of a compilation record I had bought when I was 12 called "Big Ones". The appearances in Waynes World (both the skit and movie) were okay with me, they knew whom their target audience was, and the videos? again, were fun, Alicia Silverstone was in top form there. Even the shitty video game wasn't all bad...but it was following those things that Aerosmith really turned to Aeroshit
"Hang it up guys"
I'm going to say, "Nine Lives" was hit or miss, and really didn't make an impact, but when Aerosmith really took a hit was following the release of "I don't want to miss a thing" in that complete turd of a movie "Armegeddon"..it was right then that Aerosmith morphed from being a Hard Rock band to catering and whoring themselves out to the TRL generation. (BTW that was just an overall shit experience for me, because not only was that officially the death of my favorite band, but the fucking baltimore ravens...a team that was supposed to be MINE won a super bowl, suck in hell art modell).
Which brings me to closing my statement. Steven Tyler this upcoming year go from being the epitome of "Sex, drugs, and Rock N' Roll", to fucking wholesome family fun by being the judge of American Idol, a show that in my generation is perhaps the most corporate pop-shit I have ever seen and a festering boil on the ass of humanity.
All I'm asking is this...Hang it up NOW and release some of the concerts you recorded in the 70's on DVD and quietly relax in your mansions. Can you make the one off appearance on a little mini-tour or on someone else album? Sure, I'd be down with that, but just quit embarrassing yourself. You're a great rock band and you're legacy deserves better.
Aerosmith
I'm going to divide this into three parts for my 2nd favorite band behind Van Halen.
In their prime:
I'm going to say from their self titled debut to "Night in the Ruts" were when they were amazing and probably one of the Hard Rock bands EVER during this time period. "Rocks" is criminally underrated in terms of being a hard rock record. Slash and James Hetfield have stated in the past that this was their favorite record, and hell, even Kurt Cobain stated that it was one of his favorites. They were to me the epitome of a great 70's rock band, and to me the best band of that decade. Right there in step with the bluesy/hard rock sound of Zeppelin and the stones. If you have a kid and wanted to get him or her into rock music, pick him up "Van Halen I" and "Toys in the attic".
Past their prime
Of all weird things for my hometown to lay claim to is that, not only are we the birthplace of rock n' roll music hitting the airwaves, we are the place where Joe Perry quit the band! Done during a "World Series of Rock" at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium, the fight literally escalated into that over Spilled Milk, and a lot of drugs. (Thankfully an even greater hard rock group stepped into the fold..and I think you guys all know who that is
). Following this there was a lackluster effort in the form of "Rock in a Hard Place" minus Perry and whitford, and another botched new record in "Done with Mirrors". Really it took a tandem work with Run-DMC covering their most well-know song from their prime to hoist them back to making passable music. "Permanent Vacation", "PUMP" and "Get a Grip", while not even close to where they were in the 70's, were actually a fun listen and it's actually those songs that not only introduced me to Aerosmith but Rock N'Roll Music in general in the form of a compilation record I had bought when I was 12 called "Big Ones". The appearances in Waynes World (both the skit and movie) were okay with me, they knew whom their target audience was, and the videos? again, were fun, Alicia Silverstone was in top form there. Even the shitty video game wasn't all bad...but it was following those things that Aerosmith really turned to Aeroshit"Hang it up guys"
I'm going to say, "Nine Lives" was hit or miss, and really didn't make an impact, but when Aerosmith really took a hit was following the release of "I don't want to miss a thing" in that complete turd of a movie "Armegeddon"..it was right then that Aerosmith morphed from being a Hard Rock band to catering and whoring themselves out to the TRL generation. (BTW that was just an overall shit experience for me, because not only was that officially the death of my favorite band, but the fucking baltimore ravens...a team that was supposed to be MINE won a super bowl, suck in hell art modell).
Which brings me to closing my statement. Steven Tyler this upcoming year go from being the epitome of "Sex, drugs, and Rock N' Roll", to fucking wholesome family fun by being the judge of American Idol, a show that in my generation is perhaps the most corporate pop-shit I have ever seen and a festering boil on the ass of humanity.
All I'm asking is this...Hang it up NOW and release some of the concerts you recorded in the 70's on DVD and quietly relax in your mansions. Can you make the one off appearance on a little mini-tour or on someone else album? Sure, I'd be down with that, but just quit embarrassing yourself. You're a great rock band and you're legacy deserves better.
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