That's always the problem when treating 'grunge' as if it was its own 'movement': It was a part of a whole previously-ignored American rock music scene that was finally finding its audience. Actually, it was the other way around. The audience finally found the music; the music had been there the whole time. I do not…

You don't get to *see* most behavior of the rich. They can afford privacies that you cannot. The poor, by default, are on full display.

How under-rated is Buck Dharma? Saw BOC live a number of years ago; he may have been the best guitarist I've ever seen in person.

How do I post an original thing-y on here? All I can do is reply. Anyway…
1. 'Harbodies' was one of those movies you stayed up to watch on pay-cable because there were naked boobs every 3 minutes.
2. By the time Vixen had a hit I think you'd be hard pressed to call them a 'metal' band. Or even a 'hard rock' band. It was…

This is just the surface. More will come.

"Sexual boredom is a huge problem in many long-term monogamous relationships." And this is where rubber meets the road because, let's be honest, we're both bored. But who's *more* bored?

"out of all the bands from the 90's still kicking, one of them is them?" I guess I'm old but they always felt like an 80s band that just happened to last into the 90s (and beyond). Like Depeche Mode or something.

Once upon a time, son, that wan't true. RHCP, once upon a time, were peers with bands like Minutemen and X. But they've been total shite since the early 90s so I think we'd agree on that.

I once watched a friend from across the room while he watched Beavis & Butthead while they watched a video for 'TV Dinners' by ZZ Top where in a guy is watching TV.

They did a split 7" together.

Then why did it sound so much worse? Amery Smith was the best drummer they ever had. You argue that George was a better technical player than Estes. But I enjoy hearing Estes play more than George, so… They really lost something in the song writing in those years. They even ended up recycling the 'You'll Be Sorry'…

I saw hundreds and hundreds of bands in the 90s but somehow never saw Unwound though I was a fan. I think this article overstates the case, however. Also, that dismissal in '95? Every band not on a major from '92 onward (and quite a few who were) acted exactly like that. There were exceptions, of course. But I got to…

Whoa, could not disagree more. Possessed, I Want More, Suicide's an Alternative…all better than Institutionalized, IMO. While good, that song stands out as a bit of a novelty.

Such an awesome, smart hardcore record. Subsequent efforts proved this record to have been a luck shot. But that doesn't diminish this album at all.

I was in 5th grade when this album was released and it was perfect, checked all the right boxes… for a 10 year old. My older brothers hated it. Later, when River's Edge was released, a nice detail I feel they got correct was that the snotty, bratty tween wore a Def Leppard shirt, probably handed down from his older…

'Souls at Zero' was a pretty pivotal album for hardcore.

They go back to the mid 80s.

They were the toast of MRR at the time. The buzz was quite loud all around though I was never certain as to why. I got to see them live at the old Ciceros in St. Louis and it wasn't anything special.

That all sounds familiar. I would add that while I really loved Man is the Bastard and Born Against I mostly turned away from that type of MRR-endorsed scene. Remember when MRR shut down their interviews and reviews of bands it felt 'fell out of (their) range of coverage'? In '87 you could find Samhain and Soundgarden…

'Robopocalypse' sounds like an in-movie movie parody.