I remember when rock stars were bigger than life...they were GODs...and they were cool...I just dont feel that way today...who still makes the cut???
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I remember when rock stars were bigger than life...they were GODs...and they were cool...I just dont feel that way today...who still makes the cut???
Hey One...Saddly...NOPE...most are beer-gutted and combing their hair from ear to ear these days...hahaha....David Lee Roth for instance...LOL
Jon Bon Jovi - He's always had the crowds eating out the palm of his hand. He's still got his looks, and always seemed like a good guy, not an asshole.
Bon Jovi might be a bit wimpy, but they are up there with the giants of rock, like the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.
<font size="4" face="Arial">Brain Setzer and Mike Ness would be great loses and would rock the worldQuote:
Originally posted by Carl I.:
Are you looking for "Rock Stars" or will just "Cool" work?
Cool:
Brian Setzer
Mike Ness
Ginger (most of the time)
Tyla
Spike
Or are you looking for people on MTV? The "Rock Star" thing will be back soon...just wait.
Tyla and Spike: i haven't heard much of the new stuff so no comment. So wouldn't shake the world
Ginger: he is all over the place. When he rocks, he rocks, his solo stuff seems to be all over the place. Even thou Wildhearts and SG5 aren't really solo but it is him in control, are much better than any of his solo stuff. his death wouldn't shock the world
There really is nobody out there that i can thin kof that would shock the world in the rock world outside of Marylin Manson. Maybe Axl just on grounds we are still waiting for the new CD. And maybe if Keith Richards kicked the bucket.
The reason IMO rock stars aren't revealed in a god like status or bigger than life is fairly simple.
With MTV, VH1 and many other shows constantly covering every aspect of a musicians life, it leaves no mystery to that person whatsoever. Everything is so over saturated with the music industry. You also have the internet and have up to the second info on pretty much any band out there.
When I was a kid, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Van Halen etc. had these larger than life personas because back then, seeing hard rock bands on TV was rare occurence. We were only fed tidbits of band news via Circus, Cream, Hit Parader, Kerrang etc. Seein g a band on some TV show back then was a big deal and you planned your week around making sure you were home that night.
I also think when you're younger, that has a lot to do with how you visualize the world. Most of the bigger bands today, don't seem to have that over the top attitude as well. Except for maybe Rap artists and a few exceptions in the rock world.
Interesting side note, Axl Rose has been basically a recluse for the past 10 years. People can slam him anyway they want, but the guy has this mysterious persona that people, love him or hate him are facscinated by and always have an opinion about him when he surfaces.
That's my 2 cents worth.
<font color="#FF0099" size="1">[ January 31, 2006 02:24 AM: Message edited by: Hazardous ]</font>
To answer the quesiton seriously...haha.
As mentioned, I to have to say Bon Jovi. They are still kicking it bigtime. Sure people may laugh at Bon Jovi, but I'll tell ya what...They have to be the best songwriters out there...that actually write songs that one can relate to. Love a song that has lyrics with meaning. Not too keen on the Party, Girls, Drinking, Saturday Night, Hear the alarm ring and is FRIDAY...bullcrap these days.
Another band is Aerosmith.
Still cool and they bring in the crowd bigtime and put on a great show.
I know they are not out there as much these days...but to me CHEAP TRICK is all about Rockstars. These guys have to be the coolest guys I have ever met. They are just normal after a show and dont' have that EGO, I AM A ROCKSTAR attitude.
<font color="#FF0099" size="1">[ January 31, 2006 07:14 AM: Message edited by: Katt68 ]</font>
Great points Hazardouz! Exactly what I would have written if I'd seen this sooner.
.... on a side-note: I'M STILL AROUND!!!
LOL
<font size="4" face="Arial">Ummm, then they exactly the OPPOSITE of what being a "Rockstar" is, and you even say it in your own statement. The fact that I can bump into Robin Zander when I go shopping at Woodman's (which is where I went last night...and which is in his hometown of Rockford...which is 1/2 hour from my house and where I do all my shopping) makes him NOT a Rockstar. Hell, my sister knows his daughter.Quote:
Originally posted by Katt68:
I know they are not out there as much these days...but to me CHEAP TRICK is all about Rockstars. These guys have to be the coolest guys I have ever met. They are just normal after a show and dont' have that EGO, I AM A ROCKSTAR attitude.
<font color="#FF0099"><font size="1">[ January 31, 2006 07:14 AM: Message edited by: Katt68 ]</font></font>
There will be a ROCKSTAR again, it's just that there has been nobody to take the roll since DLR. Actually, had Andrew Wood not died, he would have been it.
I guess it's my thinking of what a rockstar is.
Some may call someone who screws every chick and has every disease in the book, alcholics, drugged, and shitty attitudes as rockstars, but I consider those IDIOTS.
As I said before, never understood...the whole SEX, DRUGS, & ROCK-N-ROLL crap...I think it's cheesy and just that label makes some musicians think that that is the way they have to be.
Like Axl...he's not a rockstar to me...he's an idiot. I consider down to earth musicians as rockstars, even if they are not playing arenas or you see them walking down the street or at the corner store like your average everyday civilian...those musicians are tops with me and the true rockstars.
Great ideas here...I was thinking so much of the same things...its like rockers today have fogotten that they are living the dream...not that what they do will get them the mansions and tons of cars like on MTV CRIBS ...I am not of the opinion either that Drugs and ODing need to be part of the equation...
I too agree with Marcus that Mr Jon Bon Jovi would qualify...and for this reason...I just saw that bugger play the other nite and damn if the show was not just as good if not better than 20 years ago for me....and his music speaks for itself...I have more songs by him that never made it to a CD than most bands ever hope to write in their careers and they are all worthy songs not just fluff...although he does rely on the past for so much of his sex appeal...haven't seem him sing to a gal in the crowd in some years...
Axl...yea he has a reclusive personality but has not backed it up musically...he would have been inclluded on my LIST...would have...
MTV has ruined that image for so many stars...Tommy Lee...goes to college...how lame...Gene Simmons...what a bafoon he was on that kiddie show...and OZZY...poor Ozman...
But isn't it sad that you have to go back even a decade to find something you would consider over the top...
I think of Vince, Nikki,Bret, DLR, Axl, Jon Bon Jovi, Tyla, Michael Monroe,Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, and ELVIS...
Today one sticks in my head but only from the music I have...I have yet to see them live but Robin Black...has that attitude...I wish to see them live first...
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