BENNY said:you guys are losing focus, man. play music that you want to hear. everything is relative. we are slipping back into the wonderful '80's word "poser" who is the poser ? the hardrock guy that wears nice clothes or the heavy metal dude in the leather and chains.
answer: both are posers and should be shot dead! :twisted:
Get a guy who can play the guitar, is all about the music and not the image, writes good songs (ie. not boring pablum), plays with feeling like some of the old classic guys, can evolve with the times and keep coming up with something creative (Nickelback is the same old tired songs over and over again), and uses overdrive tastefully (doesn't overdrive his tone so much you can't identify what he is even playing). Pearl Jam comes to mind, showing you can be successful and also commit to the music over a long period of time and not the BS. That's who I will listen to but I lament as there aren't enough discriminating listeners...maybe that's the real problem.
yup