Huh Tism?
What the f**k have they got to do with anything?
They were taking this piss....gawd I'm hoping you knew that.
Next thing you'll say This is Spinal Tap was a legit doco.
You didn't like the film clips of hair metal so i just thought maybe look in our own backyard and you'll see the same. Maybe hair groups were taking the piss aswell?
I've never been a huge fan of Spinal tap so i won't go there.
Yes Bowie wore makeup and hairspray...the difference being he was totally original.
He sh*t all over your big hair bands before, during and well after their 2 seconds of popularity in the mid 80's.
Bowie was original, however i'm pretty sure KISS were the ones who took wearing make up and high heels to the extreme & the originators of it. What about Queen?
Van Halen, Whitesnake had more more then 2 minutes i'm affraid to say, Dave Coverdale was in Deep Purple in the mid 70's then created Whitesnake in the latter of the 70's. His best work was spread out over the 80's and he worked with some of the finest musicians the decade had, he must of had something to pull Vai, Campbell etc
Van Halen 1 released in 1978 sold over 8 million albums yet their first number one hit came in 1984 then in 86 with 5150, but offcourse it was 2 minutes of fame.
Motely Crue are as popular as ever and their tour down under has created more publicity then any band of the past 5 years that has come here.
Ratt were more an American band yet they had one triple platinum album, one double platinum and 3 platinum records over a decade in the US, 2 minutes?
The Ramones didn't even get 2 minutes......not even 2 seconds.
I'll let the Oils one slide on account that I presume your talking about musical styles.
( do yourself a favour and watch the double live DVD that came out last year..there is a concert at the Captitol theatre)
No f**king faggy Yanks get close to the power that the Oils displayed.
I think i saw that concert over a mates house??...i remember seeing an Oils video a couple years back i think of the Redneck wonderland tour and it was pretty amazing. Even though Garrett can be abit of a toss sometimes for passion he's right up there...and with Hirst banging it out hard on drums they make an awesome team. Hirst is an awesome drummer.
The Ramones weren't clones of anyone.
They came before the sex pistols and all that UK punk stuff in the late 70's.
They were the first to do what they do and bands nowadays are still ripping them off and making a living out of it.
I still think the Sex pistols took it the higher level though, the Ramones may have been the originators but Sex pistols really made it what it is imo.
I'm sorry but I can't remember Gloria Gaynor singing "I will survive" in a black motor cycle jacket and I don't recall
John Travolta cutting up the dance floor in "Saturday night fever " with his long flowing locks bouncing off his shoulders.
No, however Black Sabbath wore leather jackets in the early 70's aswell as KISS.
And as for hair? Jim Morrison, Robert plant, Jimmy Page, Ozzy Osborne, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, ELF & Dio, Ian Gilian just to name a very few, they were out before the Ramones.
On another note get the latest MOJO magazine.
It has a cd with songs hand picked by U2 , current and past that they consider to be
hugely influentual to them.....
Guess what Ronald?
The Ramones get a run on that to.
I've never had much of an opinion of U2 after Lemon was released so anything they say i don't really care, they're a pop band and bono looks like someone out of queer eye for the straight guy and the edge is over-rated imo.
