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Originally Posted by The Batlord
As opposed to Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, etc? It might not be as up front a thing as it was before grunge made the rock'n'roll lifestyle uncool, but until then, that was just all part of the mystique. Motley Crue just took it to its logical conclusion. Even Lemmy has been quoted as saying that anyone who joins a band does it for the women first, and the music second. Take that for what it is, but if Lemmy says it, you probably can't really say he's totally wrong.
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Touche, Batty.
All of that, I've thought as well. I know, would be the more accurate thing to say.
Who really would argue against Lemmy? I couldn't count the number of musicians or people that respect that guy.
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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?
Van Halen played the next night and blew them offstage with Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Ozzy, Priest & The Scorpions backing them and basically replaced The Clash as the biggest band in the U.S. overnight.
That's pretty much when rock music became mainstream, all those bands had platinum albums after playing that show.
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The Scorpions, love that bad. Klaus has one hell of a voice. I owned a Quite Riot on cassette as a kid. I think I could find it if I dug around at my parents place.