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I think it is the most unappealing thing I could fathom right now.

Oh boy! Let's read a fake diary from a fake rock star from a fake glam metal band (err, sorry, grunge band; I mean, hard rock band; I mean, nu metal band; I mean, retro glam band). He does coke and heroin and stuff he's so cool. Oh man I wish I could be a rock star and live life with sex drugs and booze and have lots of tattoos and spike my hair all wild and shit because that's A ROCK STAR THING TO DO!!!110ONE

Motley Crue is the most image-driven band ever. They think they are true rock n' roll, and that's what they market themselves as. They're a complete product - more so than any other rock band I can think of; every little aspect of their band is completely cliched and stereotypical of a hard rock/sleaze band. They may have helped cater that into the mainstream, but look at how they jump on every new image that comes out. Nikki started out as a KISS rip-off and now he looks like he's trying to copy these retro-sleaze rockers like Hinder and Nickelback. Does he spend enough time on his hair or brag enough about how many drugs he's taken? What a rock star. He looks like a retired porn star. It's sickening.

Oh, and by the way? "A year in the life of a shattered rock star"? Sorry, Nikki; you aren't a rock star. You may have been one for a fleeting second in 1988, but you aren't relevant anymore, and no one knows who you are except for metal heads and Crue fans. Crue may still be able to attract crowds as sort of a nostalgia act (and a pretty sad one at that), but these people don't know who you are; they rely on name brand. A "rock star" has to be a star - the rock part is an adjective, not just part of one word - and you aren't a star. You aren't even really rock. A more appropriate title:

OUT OF MONEY, BUY MY BOOK AND/OR SOUNDTRACK; A FAKE YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A SAD, EXPIRED, DESPERATE WANNABE ROCKER WHO IS PAST HIS PRIME AND WILL SUCK CORPORATE COCK FOR THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. BY NIKKI SIX.

You seem to know an awful lot about this Sixx fellow for someone who claims not to care.

Actually he and Nikki were something of an item during the Girls, Girls, Girls era. Sounds like sour grapes to me.

She probably doesn't. Hell, even Kurt had some help...

Bon Scott

Layne Staley

Kurt Cobain

Shannon Hoon

Ax- oh wait... Hendrix.

Wow, that is way funnier than it should be.

downow weeeoownooow

Scream was probably so expensive just because it was made in the early/mid 90's and has all that CGI stuff. The sets and the spaceship and all that stuff are heavily computerized. Nowadays the same video would probably be easy-peasy and relatively cheap, but at the time it was state of the art. I gotta admit I think it's pretty cool . You would think Janet and him would have worked together more than just that one time.

SO is there an actual song of hers that anyone would reccomend? I have pretty broad musical tastes and actually like some pop, but that I don't like your girlfriend song is so whiny it is just annoying and I really don't pay attention because I didn't know the oxymoron punkpop existed, but knowing that would explain the bubblegum pink I'm a punk buttons and safty pins labled punk I have seen at wal-mart I was glad Aerosmith was on Fashion Rock first it made it easy to turn off when things started getting bad.

I think this was her most popular song before her latest album came out:

Judge for yourself

Otherwise check out the MANDARIN version of Girlfriend haha:

WTF?

I agree the music scene is ripe for a new movement ala the Seattle scene of the 90's, for sure. If you think an aged rocker way past his prime, who's been slaving away on a schizophrenic collection of a 100 some songs with a revolving door band roster for over a decade, is going to somehow be the one to initiate that change though... well I just don't see it happening (especially if the leaks are any indication). Its always new and young talent, like GNR in 1987 or Nirvana in 1991, that seems to bring about the real music scene shifts with their fresh sounds and ideas.

Just as soon as he finalizes the details of his latest merchandising venture:

Bachardi: Unleash your savage animal.

I guess the level of hate just stems from overexposure -- they've had like 9 horrible hit singles off their shitty album from 2005.

Personally what really bothers me about Nickelback is the guitar; it's the same boring chord riffs and progressions for what seems like every fucking song. The bridges and choruses and verses for most of their hit songs seem like they're interchangeable. I find it insulting they actually have a dedicated guitar player along with Chad.

Then you combine that with lyrics that are complete banal tripe, and it makes me ashamed they record albums here.

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

If everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died

And I'm singing

Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

I think he dug back all the way to his third grade poetry journal for that one.

I heard a radio DJ say something along the lines of how he wasn't digging Velvet Revolvers latest CD, which is fine... but then he proceeded to rave about Nickelback, play their latest single, and tell everyone to buy tickets to their upcoming show... I really couldn't figure that out.

Where's Creed?!

Worst band ever! .... Can you take me HIIIGH-YA?!

Apparently the lead singer is a guy from the UFC.

I have to say the video to their song Soul Crusher is pretty gay . Cool voice though.

Van Halen in 2007? With a 52 year old David Lee Roth? A 15 year old kid instead of Mike Anthony?

I can't say I'm too interested, despite being a huge VH fan. They certainly are charging a lot.... I might catch them in Vancouver but I dunno.

Edit: Haha, whoops Mike, good call. A fatigue induced mistake, don't hurt me .

Hey whatever happened to "Damnocracy"? (aka Savage Animal ).

Did they just trash that whole idea?

I just got The Masterplan yesterday -- pretty sweet album.

Talk Tonight

Acquiesce

Headshrinker

...are my top 3 .

Mother by John Lennon is pretty sad. His dad abandoned them and his mom died when he was young so...yeah.

Mother (Youtube)

So get on your bad motor scooter and ride!

Man the VR show in Vancouver this team has reserved floor seating... who the hell organizes a hard rock show with seats all the way up to the front row? That's a good way to kill crowd participation in a single decision...

I went to an Oasis show and I just wanted to fucking rock out like in Manchester, but people were sitting down! I figure it was a combination of culture (people don't want to look silly), and the fact that Oasis isn't as big here as in the UK -- but still . Boring crowds make bands switch to cruise-control, the audience gets even tamer, and it's a waste of a concert.

Funny you post it, I saw that YYZ clip last week. I was like... Rush? In Brazil.... way past the peak of their careers... getting that kind of response? You can see it on their faces how stoked the band is for such a reaction.

November 19th.

It begins.

Is it just me or is James singing much better than he was not too long ago. He was using his 80's, early 90's raspy gruff voice rather than his Load/Reload and onward clear and pitchy weird one.

I thought he was unable to sing like that anymore, but I guess he took lessons or did something!

How about that Melissa Ethridge song that went on for over 20 fucking minutes? I wanted to put a bullet in her little lesbian face.

Frankly I'm surprised Slash can continue to make unique sounding solos and riffs while still retaining his signature sound. You would think after the glory days of Appetite and the absolutely creative black-hole that was the Illusions albums (black hole because they required so much creative effort on Slash's part, often for songs that didn't work as a whole), he would be creatively spent -- but he isn't. You can argue about how solos sound similar to song A or riff B or whatever, but if you think Libertad or Contraband is rehashing, then you really have not heard true rehashing.

I love Frusciante as a guitar player, but I don't think he's better than Slash or Slash is better than him. Frusciante has this really cool, Hendrix-y fender strat sound that is still distinctly his, while Slash's Les Paul/Marshal combo still manages a tone and emotive quality that nobody can truly emulate. They're both awesome.

I think Slash still has a more indulgent guitar heavy album left in his arsenal, guys. But Velvet Revolver have to build credibility and a fan base before they can start making any sort of indulgent material if they want to remain relevant -- that sort of thing is not debut album material -- nor is it sophmore album material as UYI demonstrates . The Peppers had to work a long time before they could get away with something as massive and creatively indulgent as Stadium Arcadium.

Why does Nickleback even bother with a guitarist? It's like they could get the guitar equivalent of a drum-machine and I wouldn't even fucking notice. And you could use the same guitar-machine track for the majority of their songs.

Geri, dude!

Posh looks weird man...and she has no fucking talent .

Wow Baby Spice is hot in that picture though...

Rap right now looks a lot like mainstream rock in the 80's (hair metal) -- style over substance and everyone trying to get a piece of the action etc etc. It all blossomed out of really legitimate acts too -- in rap's case it was the groups like NWA, Public Enemy, Eric B./Rakim and all those guys and in hair metal's case it was all the great 70's metal acts.

It seems like any black dude can rent an Escalade, get a looped sample going with some bass and get signed to a record deal nowadays for some throwaway single.

The fact that Buy You A Drank exists and is on the iTunes top ten is a failure of humanity, and the fact that Party Like A Rock Star by the Shop Boyz is #4 is far beyond horrifying.

I think rap needs someone to take it back to the basics while still innovating -- I think Kanye West does some neat stuff, but one guy isn't enough. That said I wouldn't mind if rap went out of style and something else took over -- this whole hip-hop craze has dominated popular music for like 9 years now and it's getting old . Rock needs to reclaim it's place, but to do it it'll really need a new band to come along and really shake things up. Nickleback is the current top dog in the mainstream rock scene -- AND THEY WONDER WHY RECORDS SALES ARE IN DECLINE?!

Hahahahahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....seriously though....Poison is really, really bad.