The moment the Earth stopped spinning...

[MonkeyF0cker]

I was just driving home and listening to the local classic rock radio station. After the commercial, they played Master of Puppets by Metallica. I had to double-check the station to make sure, but sure as shit, they were playing Metallica on the "oldies" station. I had to puke in my mouth a little bit. Are we at a stage in time where late 80's and 90's music is played on the "oldies" station? To me, most of the music from that era is disposable music. It doesn't ever deserve to be "classic." Bands like Nirvana, Metallica, Guns n Roses, NIN, etc. were so commercialized and overplayed. Does this music really start replacing bands like the Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc.? If so, it's a cold day in Hell.

 

[fiveteamer]

RIP Guru

 

[reno cool]

The latter bands you mentioned were classic rock in the 80's and still are today, so they're not going anywhere. It's actually impressive how the same stations have been playing the same songs for so long.

 

[Mrs. X]

Reno Cool, come home.

 

[reno cool]

heading home tomorrow

 

[Fu Manchu]

dude, theyve been playing that stuff on oldies and classic rock stations for awhile now. as time goes on, bands like alice in chains or nirvana eventually must be considered old.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

dude, theyve been playing that stuff on oldies and classic rock stations for awhile now. as time goes on, bands like alice in chains or nirvana eventually must be considered old.

Metallica after Hotel California just seems a bit out of place. Chuck Berry and Elvis music is old too. It doesn't mean they play it on a classic rock station, however.

 

[Fu Manchu]

i agree 100% that its out of place. first time i heard lithium (nirvana) on the radio on a classic rock station, i definitely had to do a double take.

 

[InTheHole]

Never considered those bands you listed (the commercialized ones) as classic rock. Classic is The Doors, Floyd, etc. 80's Depeche Mode, The Cure, Duran Duran, etc.

rock should be Metallica, GNR, etc.

 

[Bread]

In this argument, then should The Doors really be considered classic rock? Prolly not.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

Why not? I don't agree that Depeche Mode, the Cure, or Duran Duran should be classic rock though. They are more electronic than rock in my opinion.

 

[AMBy]

you think NIN was commercialized? I would hardly say that at all...they had their own niche and were fine with it. Completely different than the others you listed them with

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

you think NIN was commercialized? I would hardly say that at all...they had their own niche and were fine with it. Completely different than the others you listed them with

Everyone and their mother had NIN shirts. They were all over MTV too.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

I probably shouldn't have included NIN though. I don't know that I'd even label them a rock band per se.

 

[AMBy]

I probably shouldn't have included NIN though. I don't know that I'd even label them a rock band per se.

More Industrial/electronica than rock, not really sure there is another way to describe it.

 

[kato]

RIP Guru

lol

 

[Bread]

Amby do you still want to rail Trent Reznor?

 

[AMBy]

Amby do you still want to rail Trent Reznor?

ummm....this is a trick question...I plead the fifth