Tom Morello

[Jacew]

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This may be the single most ignorant post ever on this forum, and that's saying a lot because my stupid ass has been here for 17 years.

Rage kept rock music relevant in the 90s.

Well, I did say it myself I haven't listened them that much... Only going by what I've heard from them.

What does it matter if they "kept rock music relevant" if they also changed it to something way different?

 

[LLL]

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Someone said, "Rage kept rock music relevant in the 90s."

Rock music pretty much died in the 90s... with a few exceptions.

Rage is not one of those exceptions; far too fringe and niche to make any major impact on any genre.

 

[texred]

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I said the wrong thing. By smart, I meant work the system. Anyone can go to college. Paperwork.

 

[texred]

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What’s sauce for a goose is sauce for a gander.

Orange, thank you.

 

[Darg1911]

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Rage kept rock relevant in the 90's?

Besides some of the big 80's bands that kept making music you had some 80's bands that didn't really hit until the 90's and some darn good bands that formed in the 90's.
Just off the top of my head ...

STP
Alice in Chains
Tool
Korn
Sepultura
Soundgarden
Pantera
Dream Theater

90's may have been slim compared to the 80's and no disrespect intended to any big fans of Rage, but if they were solely responsible for keeping rock relevant, it would have truly been dead.

 

[Gtrjunior]

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Considering what is passing for rock today, what I wouldn’t do for some 90’s rock again...

 

[texred]

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Believe I will continue to live in '70s and before.

 

[Gtrjunior]

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Believe I will continue to live in '70s and before.

I’m a child of the 80’s....loved that stuff growing up.
When the 90’s hit and all the grunge etc started happening I HATED it.
That’s when I went back and discovered the Beatles, Zep, Tull etc.
now, I can appreciate the 90’s stuff for what it is/was. But back then I hated it. It was the polar opposite of everything I loved about guitar music.
Don’t get me wrong there were several outstanding band that came from that era too...but as a whole I didn’t “get it”.

 

[texred]

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Me neither.
But I think you're a generation younger than I, JUNIOR.
'61 and born 10 yrs too late

 

[Gtrjunior]

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Me neither.
But I think you're a generation younger than I, JUNIOR.
'61 and born 10 yrs too late

Yep, I turned 18 in 1990. Even though I was part of that generation I just didn’t identify with most of the music at that time.

 

[texred]

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Yep, I turned 18 in 1990. Even though I was part of that generation I just didn’t identify with most of the music at that time.

In the nicest way I can think of, the 'rents were very conservative-oh nuts-Nazis, so I kind of got indoctrinated to 10 year old music ( except the Beatles of course-I wanna hear them some more like I want another burst). Sent off the girls' school, got Beck, Steely Dan, Tull, Mangione, lotsa cool stuff. And Natalie Cole, coz her brother was there. Anna bunch of plead the 5th stuff. Woulda graduated in '79. Got Genesis, Dead, I'd get a headache if I remembered all the good. Or bad. Making up for it now. With nobody around to tell me what to do!! Except Mincer, et al. ))
Now I feel SERIOUSLY old.
Old? Now I remember what I was gonna say: Mom wouldn't let me listen to "Dirty Work". She never heard the lyrics, so I don't know why???? It wasn't Chopin? (Where I was in piano lessons)

 

[Jacew]

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Considering what is passing for rock today, what I wouldn’t do for some 90’s rock again...

I think it's much better now. There is plenty of recent and less recent new bands out there making real hard rock and metal. And getting actual radio play as well: Hardcore Superstar, Battle Beast, Sabaton, Ghost, Avatar, Beast in Black, The Answer, Darkness... Just a quick list that came to my mind.

 

[Gtrjunior]

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I think it's much better now. There is plenty of recent and less recent new bands out there making real hard rock and metal. And getting actual radio play as well: Hardcore Superstar, Battle Beast, Sabaton, Ghost, Avatar, Beast in Black, The Answer, Darkness... Just a quick list that came to my mind.

I’ve only heard Ghost on the radio. None of the others.
But I also think Europe is more open to new music...metal in particular. Not a lot of metal is played here in the US except on specialty radio programs that are dedicated to that.

 

[texred]

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@Lil' Jr:

. . . and now for something completely different. . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONG9z8R4kFA

 

[texred]

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I mostly agree...however it speaks to a larger movement that is happening in all of society.

Nobody gives a sh!t about the rules and everybody just does whatever they want with no reguard for anybody but themselves.
It happens here when people don’t follow the forum rules governing particular topics, it happens in traffic when nobody gives a sh!t that a red light means stop. Or their faces are buried in Facebook while driving even though the state has laws against handheld devices.
I could go on and on...
It’s all contributing to the worsening of society and I don’t see it getting better any time soon.

Sorry....didn’t mean to rant but...

That's not a rant! BUT, why do I get in trouble with the mere mention of "social"? I think Morello and Springsteen are kind of compas (compadres for those from RI) when it comes to their belief systems. You have a harvard grad and a dropout beach bum. Neither is smart, although both well read. Before I get in DblTrbl, I have 2 words. Income disparity.
Income disparity.

 

[Gtrjunior]

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That's not a rant! BUT, why do I get in trouble with the mere mention of "social"? I think Morello and Springsteen are kind of compas (compadres for those from RI) when it comes to their belief systems. You have a harvard grad and a dropout beach bum. Neither is smart, although both well read. Before I get in DblTrbl, I have 2 words. Income disparity.
Income disparity.

Well, I quoted LLL’s post and I didn’t want him to think I was ranting at him.

 

[LLL]

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Well, I quoted LLL’s post and I didn’t want him to think I was ranting at him.

Nah... I never thought you were ranting.

Contrary to what a very select couple of numbnuts think here, I'm actually quite reasonable; esp. with cool ppl.

 

[texred]

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And I'm sorry I goofed. I didn't mean neither is smart, I meant neither is smarter-a harvard grad or a beach bum. Sorry about that. Glad I sometimes reread.
I listen to these guys on reputable (it's still mass media) documentaries and read biographies. Don't have the retention ya'll do.
Speaking of cool tricks (shorting out the pickup or whatever he did), anybody see Nils Lofren do a backflip while playing? THAT is a cool trick.

 

[texred]

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Well, I did say it myself I haven't listened them that much... Only going by what I've heard from them.

What does it matter if they "kept rock music relevant" if they also changed it to something way different?

I haven't listened much either, but I'm thinking Dylan. And it is pysically impossible for me to be a numbnuts.

 

[texred]

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I had no idea what I was doing. Let me find another guitarist that will cause the same fission. . .