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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
Misfits deserve to be exonerated of the enormous influence that they somehow cultivated over the years. Really, they're just a worthless punk act who sees more light on the backs of the branded masses than they've ever managed in record players.
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Wha..? Not worthless to myself and thousands upon thousands of others who played Misfits albums religiously for years before the band had become part of mall culture.
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Whoa - I just read back through this thread and I must have been kinda drunk when I wrote this..
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Originally Posted by Engine
'cuz Rancid is a despicable parody of Punk that should never have existed because it ushered in a terrible new age of commercial Punk Rawk. Malcom McLaren is probably proud of them - and surely wants a piece of their revenue. But I dunno the best answer..ask Jesse Michaels for that.
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Not that I am withdrawing any of my statements and I admit to harboring some hostility over the fact that Rancid got so big while the far better Operation Ivy is an often shi
t upon footnote. Jesse Michaels was such a good punk vocalist - he should have been the one to get paid. But obviously there are plenty of earnest Rancid fans and they're one of the least terrible punk bands that I dislike.