Bob Ostertag plays in a completely different segment of the business where most of his exposure comes from performing at festivals.

I would suspect that the difference between Taylor Swift and Dave Grohl is that Swift actually knows something about the business side of music and Grohl doesn't. Just the fact that Grohl seems to be forgetting that there's still a world of music where bands are selling their cassettes and records to pay for gas…

Well, no, streaming services, Dave Grohl, and other wealthy out-of-touch rockers are training people to believe that music has no value.

He's also completely oblivious to the fact that punk rockers are still selling records, cassettes out of the backs of vans.

The band formed in 97 and the first album came out in late 98 and the band didn't start charting till 2001. So yah, they released an album in the 90s that practically nobody knew about.

Alkaline Trio wasn't a 90s band.

Rules for your first favourite band:
1 - Must be something you started listening to without the guidance of your parents or older siblings.
2 - A band/artist you genuinely felt were unique, innovative, and deserved your loyalty.

There's something that makes me laugh about Metallica fandom and the punk scene. When I a teenager discovering metal and Metallica in the late 80's there was always this belief that Metallica was technically above punk. Much like you I got bored of Metallica and metal but being a bit younger I gravitated toward…

If the Nazis weren't so damned theatrical….

I admire just about anyone who will hop on a bus in a strange city.

I think Plant figured out the first step to being known as something other than the former lead singer to Led Zeppelin.

Apocalypta really exposed the musical knowledge gap between people who thought Apocalypta was wildly inventive and doing things that no one else was doing with acoustic instruments, and people who'd seen a few string quartets performing modern music.

S&M feels more like a mashup of Metallica live sets with generic film music than an honest reinterpretation of Metallica's music into a symphonic setting.

"I don't understand why people don't like things because they don't like the people who like the thing."

I am happy that my only experience with Boondock Saints was the Ruthless Review.

No, it's annoying when people try to sound smart with incorrect information.

There is also the french band Zombie Zombie that did an album of John Carpenter songs. Zombi seems more heavily influenced by Goblin.

You have it backwards. It's the fans that have to get over the fact that people who write things may not like the way their things are interpreted by others. If you didn't like Kubrick's the Shining you'd be more than happy to champion his negative opinion to boost your own. King simply doesn't like it and there's not…

I'm still astonished that anyone would be offended by the Hillbillies shirt. So we can't go to a show anymore and expect a bit of etiquette from the audience? I remember reading that article thinking.. wait.. you're pissed at Mark because he wants people to be able to enjoy his performance?

Clouds he poo'd.