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Originally Posted by danfan
I find myself literally laughing at my computer when I read someone saying Motley Crue isn't relevant. I'd place a fair wager that more than half the bands you listen to would list Motley Crue as an influence on them.
What is your pre-requistite for "survival"? Motley Crue played an entire sold-out arena tour a few years back, and are currently in the midst of another right now. If you want to base an artists success soley on chart success, I guess we should never talk about bands like Led Zeppelin or Pink Flloyd, who combined have had less hit singles than either the Crue or Def Leppard.
And as for grunge and Brit-pop that wiped the Crue out of the arenas that they are still selling out, where have those bands gone?
Good arguement.
As for Def Leppard, if you can find one successfull pop or rock group that doesn't list Pyromania as a major influence on them, please list them.
Not liking a band is one thing. Talking out of your ass based on lack of respect is another.
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That's what I listen to. What bands there are influenced by Motley Crue or Def Leppard? I don't listen to that kinda music, man.
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And as for grunge and Brit-pop that wiped the Crue out of the arenas that they are still selling out, where have those bands gone?
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Er, well, I'm no officionado of Grunge, but I hear a drummer from a certain grunge band is now the frontman of a stadium rock band.
Britpop - The biggest band of that era, Oasis, sold out the majority of their UK stadium tour in a couple of hours (can't remember every detail). They've got multiple arenas in many different countries being sold out. Dig Out Your Soul, their latest album, went to number 1 in the UK and number 5 in the USA, plus number 1 in various other countries. They've just played an arena tour of the UK that sold out in minutes, and it had many dates. The lead single off their album got to number 3 in the UK, and I believe it recieved a lot of airplay in the US. I think it's fair to say that that Britpop band is one of the biggest bands in the world right now.
Blur split years ago, but even then they had sucess. Since then frontman Damon Albarn has recieved enormous success and critical acclaim with his work with Gorrilaz, The Good, The Bad and The Queen and his recent chinese opera. And the other members of the group haven't done too bad either. The last Blur album in 2003 hit number 1 on the UK charts, charted highly in the US and was acclaimed.
Pulp split a long time ago, but Jarvis Cocker has since become a succesfull solo artist. The Verve headlined many festivals and gigs this year, including Glastonbury and V-Festival. Their reunion album was a hit, hitting number 1 in the UK, number 2 in Ireland, 4 in Italy, 6 in Switzerland....Their single Love Is Noise was a top 5 hit in various countries. Sucessful band or what?
Suede split in 2003, but remained moderately succesfull until then, and their protagonists make mildy succesfull solo albums. Supergrass, although they are shit, enjoyed success to this day. Heavy Stereo were barely popular at the time, but now their lead singer Gem Archer is playing stadiums as a guitarist for Oasis.
Although the genre of Britpop is long dead, bands involved in the scene flourish. More so than hair metal bands.