Apostle

I'm convinced that CB was genuine in the main, but at that time there was a tendency to go for 'shock' value above musical realism (for want of a better word).

As for TR (first incarnation), OK they did some passable stuff, and my comment was aimed more at the John Peel element, who I am convinced took the piss sometimes to see how far his influence spread (Stackwaddy anybody).

I also need to rant sometimes about the way certain albums are deified far beyond their actual influence. Did TMR really change rock music the way Rolling Stone predicted it would. Well, it didn't change CB's music, because he never revisited it to that level again. Some elements of Mirror Man Sessions came close, and I think the extended form he allowed the songs on that album make it far more important in the whole oeuvre, yet it is almost completely ignored.