They have officially retired

I know sad, Neil has arthritis , u see Geddy Play with Yes?

I know, he was to bass what Jimi was to guitar

Till Permanent Waves came out. Ugh.

"But it's not New Wave" the guys who chided my Devo and Talking Heads (both them bands ended up selliing out and breaking my heart too by '82) luvin ass said.
"Shuddup before I nuke your ears with the Residents, ya shits" said I.

WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO US, RUSH,

WHY!?!

WHY!?!

I think I have all the albums (Cds) up to "Power windows" they kinda fell off a bit around then..I had purchased "signals" in Vinyl as a kid.

Town near me is called "Devon pa" back in the 80's someone spray painted all the street signs to cover the "N". so everyone said "Devo" made national news I think ..

What has become of Rock and roll? even the mediocre bands of old would be huge now.. We were spoiled i guess.

Dollar a week allowance, so all I bought was Archives with the 1st 3 LPs. Taped 2112 off of someone.

HAHA, that's funny.

Rock crested by 82, then everyone ran out of ideas and made New Wavy Disco songs, the asswipes.
Then music started to matter again inthe early 90s, but after a couple of years they started siging Nirvana and Pearl Jam soundalikes. At that point, the labels were run by business grads out to make a buck, whereas as till the 80s actual music lovers were at the helm. So the latter day dolts went for what was calculated to sell, rather than signing talent and letting them grow if they didn't become hits right away.

There's still good stuff, just doesn't get attention. Looking up LPs on eBay, I look up interesting looking bands on YouTube, and some are pretty good. Some gritty Punky stuff, Dark Country, Neo Psychedelia (although that can sound slightly less organic than the way back when stuff), new Prog.

I'm the worst with naming stuff off the top of my head, but check out Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats (Vol 1 was my intro and fave) for some Stoner Hard Rock. That there is some later 70s level gold. They is bonafide.

I will check them out.
In Philly we have only 3 rock radio stations, 93.3 wmmr who plays a mixture of new music and old but its typical overplayed stuff. 102.9 wmgk that plays classic rock and "oldies 98" that was great stuff from the 50's and 60's but now they play pop stuff from the 80's (Maddonna MJ etc). We had a really cool station 94 wysp, that was the first station Howard stern branched out too in the 90's. It was great. abt 5 yrs ago they switched to 100% sports. wtf.

I dont even goto concerts anymore but I am making it a must to go see some soon. My groups are getting older and wont be around 4 ever.

The world famous "Tower Theater" is 2 towns over from me in UPPER Darby Pa. and is one of the best acoustic small venues in america. Lotsa big groups tape their live shows there.

The really last good concert i went to was stones "Bridges to Babylon" tour.
The best (and worst) concert I ever went to was lolapoolza circa 1991-92 ish. It was on the ruins of JFK stadium in Philly. It was a heat wave of like 105 and super humid.
they tarped over the rubble with a huge blue tarp. I saw a girl step on a piece of rebar that poked through and cut that little bone on the side of ankle damn near off. she was
high and crying. very bad..Water was like 5$ for 8 oz and a soft pretzel was like 5$. The headliner was "Alice in chains" who i really wanted to see. They played great but Lane was being grumpy and cut it short because ppl threw empty water bottles on stage. he stopped the show and said "Next person who does that I am gunna slap my cock against your face". Everyone was kinda silent cept for one cheeky bastard was laughing (me).. They did most of their hits but was way short.. Primus came out and ended up closing . My name is mudd. do do dat, that heavy drop D bass line and drums shook the rubble. it was great..

2 bands that I never really knew b4 that day were "arrested development" who were kinda alternative/pop/ ish, Not my style but they were frigging tite..

But there was this one band that etched into my mind and became an instant fan and that was "TOOL" un freaking believable.. I dunno if was them or a band that shared the stage that day did a cover of "Jesses girl"..grunge version, was good.

It was the last time I got to see Alice in Chains live. Wish I knew what i know now, wulda pushed my way to the front. was a fit 225 lbs then. Glad I was 100% sober to remember that day.