:laughing: when were you defrosted?

Just so we're clear, you're saying '81 to '83 was better than '45 to '80?

Oy, reading through this thread has given me such a headache.

There's plenty of great music out there right now. Just because you're not aware of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Why it's so difficult for some people to understand that the synergy of good and bad music has existed for literally decades is beyond me. And radio-friendly, synthetic, marketed crap has existed since the dawning of the music industry.

And if it's really so impossible for you to comprehend that *GASP* mainstream audiences like mainstream music, then you're just delusional.

When you said:
Where you saying it as an avid fan of Shania Twain or out of disconcertion that her album sold so well? I thouhgt it was the latter so I was like don't worry about it.

Just so we're clear, are you saying '45 to '80 was better that '77 to '44?

Yeah I don't think I would've been much for Power Metal back in the 90's either. BUT THAT'S JUST ME! My 90's experience was all about traveling, playing Quake and collecting Merzbow cd's. :o:

Mad props to my Metal brothers though - you guys are always SERIOUS music fans who really know your stuff. I really respect that.

I actually saw Blind Guardian and Holy Grail live in Albuquerque last december. Werent too bad. Not my type of music though.

I miss the fact that a lot of great metal and rock bands were in their prime. Whatever you were into, from hair metal to thrash, there was loads to choose from, there always seemed to be someone touring and the scene just seemed so much more accessible than it is now.

Take the nostalgia filter off. There was just as much crap back in the day as there is now. Finding the good stuff meant having to dig a little deeper as it always has. The main difference is that most of the crap doesn't get replayed forward.

Plus teenagers complaining about hating their own generation of music and trying to kiss up to Led Zep, The Stones and Pink Floyd sounds like they're trying to impress their grandparents. Rock music is about rebellion - grow the guts to go out there and find your own sound. I absolutely guarantee it exists and is out there, you just need to work a little to find it.

Neither. I was just pointing out that horrible music was just as capable of being popular in the 90s just as it is now.

How is that any different from now? There's a massive variety of music out there today, including styles that didn't even exist in the 80s and 90s, and there are always lots of people touring. I'm forever in the situation of having less time and money available than there are good shows to see.