Rock and Roll hall of fame

[Joeybagadonuts]

Dude, totally. Whenever I'm looking for a bass player, if his career aspiration isn't listed as, "I just really want to sound like Rush. My favorite 80s band is awesome!" I don't even bring him in for a listen.

You are obviously very knowledgeable of music and I assume you are also a musician.

Who is at the top of your lists of bass and lead guitarists?

 

[bisexualsmoker]

They let anyone in that Hall of fame.....its sort of a joke, plus the fact it's located in Cleveland....

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[Drixxx]

Bass players who hate Rush....can't play Rush. Same goes for guitarists who hate shred. It's easy to hate something you're incapable of accomplishing.

Rush sucks. Shred is boring.

 

[Drixxx]

So Alice Cooper just got formally notified that the original Alice Cooper band has made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and used the occasion to announce the original band is getting back together to do a mini-tour in celebration. LINK

Who? Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner?

 

[bisexualsmoker]

Rush sucks. Shred is boring.

I also agree.

 

[pete]

Rush sucks. Shred is boring.

rush was great in their time, their skills as musicians and popularity over the years is testament to their quality.

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[Luk]

rush was great in their time, their skills as musicians and popularity over the years is testament to their quality.

dumb image

Nobody questioned their musicianship, it's their music that blows goats.

 

[pete]

hey it was the only haters image i could find on short notice

they had some good shit and they had some shit shit. but their good shit was good, according to millions around the world.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Who? Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner?

Nah, I wish. Dick Wagner is retired, he's had a series of massive heart attacks.

This is Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith.

 

[KRCummings]

hey it was the only haters image i could find on short notice

they had some good shit and they had some shit shit. but their good shit was good, according to millions around the world.

Millions around the world know Tom Sawyer and that's it.
They aint no Tim McGraw, I'll say that.

 

[HB1965]

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Pete. There ain't nothing wrong with that. I laughed my ass off.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Anyone who can sing Fly By Night, and live, is a hero in my book.

 

[pete]

Millions around the world know Tom Sawyer and that's it.
They aint no Tim McGraw, I'll say that.

i'd rather listen to this chick than country music. but to each their own, whatever.

 

[Luk]

i'd rather listen to this chick than country music. but to each their own, whatever.

Considering she sounds like Geddy Lee, I don't doubt that a bit.

 

[Drixxx]

Nah, I wish. Dick Wagner is retired, he's had a series of massive heart attacks.

This is Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith.

Oh. The touring band. Not the guys who actually made the records.

 

[pete]

Considering she sounds like Geddy Lee, I don't doubt that a bit.

ha, even i didn't remember the fucker's name

 

[RobDownSouth]

Oh. The touring band. Not the guys who actually made the records.

The 3 guys I listed were the original band from Love it to Death, Schools out, Killer, Billion $ Babies and Muscle of Love, they wrote and toured.

Hunter/Wagner wrote and toured Nightmare and Go to Hell.

Hired guns afterwards

 

[Drixxx]

The 3 guys I listed were the original band from Love it to Death, Schools out, Killer, Billion $ Babies and Muscle of Love, they wrote and toured.

Hunter/Wagner wrote and toured Nightmare and Go to Hell.

Hired guns afterwards

Hunter/Wagner wrote and recorded Cooper albums long before Alice decided to drop the pretense and dump the original band.

They are also Aerosmith on Get Your Wings and pretty much KISS through the late 70's and early 80's.

 

[Sonny Limatina]

You are obviously very knowledgeable of music and I assume you are also a musician.

Who is at the top of your lists of bass and lead guitarists?

I can never answer questions like this; too many other questions pop up for me. In a band? In a steady band where they aren't the front man? A solo artist with a steady band behind him? A solo artist who is the featured name, regardless of who the other players are? A hired-gun sideman? A studio guy? A chitlin guy? Current? Past? What genre--rock? Blues? Jazz? Others? Able to play all?

But I wasn't trying to knock Rush, necessarily (not that--let's face it--it isn't easy). I was just making a little fun of the notion that the only possible reason not to like them is that you really, really want to play like them and just can't.

 

[Sonny Limatina]

By the way, in case nobody noticed, Tom Waits made it. A victory for iconoclasts everywhere (he tries to assure himself).

 

[KRCummings]

I kinda like Alice Coopers radio show when I hear it which isn't really all that often. I find him easy to listen to as a DJ.

 

[sircumvent]

Where's Deep Purple?

 

[Sonny Limatina]

I kinda like Alice Coopers radio show when I hear it which isn't really all that often. I find him easy to listen to as a DJ.

Does he do it as Alice or as Vince?

 

[KRCummings]

Does he do it as Alice or as Vince?

Alice. It's called Nights with Alice Cooper.

 

[Sonny Limatina]

Alice. It's called Nights with Alice Cooper.

Thanks. It's not often I collect radio opinions from someone with Barry Manilow on their iPod.