- Larry Reinhardt guitarist for Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond passed away recently. Also killed by death recently: Fred Milano of Dion & The Belmonts, Jim Sherwood of the Mothers of Invention and several weeks ago Billie Jo Spears passed. There are others in the recent weeks too numerous to mention. See them all at The Music's Over (But the Celebration Lives On)
- Peter Frampton has been "reunited" with the guitar he used on Frampton Comes Alive! Supposedly lost in a plane crash, it was found in the Caribbean.
- According to Patrick Carney of the Black Keys:
“Rock ‘n’ roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being
the biggest band in the world. So they became OK with the idea that the
biggest rock band in the world is always going to be s— – therefore you
should never try to be the biggest rock band in the world. F— that! Rock
‘n’ roll is the music I feel the most passionately about, and I don’t
like to see it f—ing ruined and spoon-fed down our throats in this
watered-down, post-grunge crap, horrendous s—. When people start lumping
us into that kind of s—, it’s like, ‘F— you,’ honestly.”
- We have entered 2012 in a sad state of music commercially, which has been going on for several years. I would like to compare it to the end of the hair band era, when music was considered mediocre and a few certain grunge bands came along and changed that, however.......At that time we were not ruled by corporate radio on the airwaves and MTV still had some relevancy. The FM DJ is long gone and the digital age of music is upon us. There are good bands out there you just need alternative sources, word of mouth, satellite radio, internet etc. to find them. And yes Nickelback is a major poster child for this situation. They aren't the only one but they are sure leading the pack. With that said, more power to them for taking advantage of their situation, if the mindless masses are going to suck it all in, keep spewing it out. PS-Their cousins Creed are planning on touring this year as well-GROAN!
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