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Post by aerozhul on Oct 23, 2020 15:53:00 GMT -5
THE REASON WHY NIRVANA’S KURT COBAIN SOLD HIS LED ZEPPELIN COLLECTION FOR JUST $12 By Dilara Onen -October 18, 2020 Kurt Cobain, the iconic frontman and primary songwriter of Nirvana, revealed a shocking fact that he sold his Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith collection for just twelve dollars during an interview in 1991. Within his extensive conversation with Interview Magazine’s Adam Snyder, the spokesman of Generation X and one of the most influential musicians in the history of alternative rock, Kurt Cobain, talked about his hard-rock roots and his radical shift into punk rock. In the interview, that came to the fore again, Cobain explained that he completely threw away his hard-rock roots and was into MDC and Black Flag at some point in his career. Though he learned to play guitar by the songs of The Cars and AC/DC, and fell in love with classic rock even more with Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, Cobain said that they seemed uncool to him after a period for some reasons. Kurt Cobain admitted it took him so many years to realize that a lot of Led Zeppelin songs had to do with sexism, the way that they just wrote about their dicks and having sex. That’s why he got pissed off and sold all his collection for a ridiculous price. He also mentioned that his disillusionment with Zeppelin led him to embrace punk rock since it expressed the way he felt socially and politically, as well as the anger and the alienation. Here’s what Kurt Cobain said during the interview in 1991: “I sold my Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin collection for twelve dollars. I completely threw away my hard-rock roots and was into MDC and Black Flag. Although I listened to Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, and I really did enjoy some of the melodies they’d written, it took me so many years to realize that a lot of it had to do with sexism. The way that they just wrote about their dicks and having sex. I was just starting to understand what really was pissing me off so much those last couple years of high school. And then punk rock was exposed and then it all came together. It just fit together like a puzzle. It expressed the way I felt socially and politically. Just everything. You know. It was the anger that I felt. The alienation.” metalheadzone.com/the-reason-why-nirvanas-kurt-cobain-sold-his-led-zeppelin-collection-for-just-12/This doesn’t really track with the fact that Cobain had Courtney Love take him backstage at an Aero show in ‘93 and introduce him to the band - he was nervous to meet the guys and Courtney did all the talking for him - “He loves you guys” or something like that. I think I remember reading this in Walk This Way, maybe?
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Post by whatashame on Nov 2, 2020 8:27:43 GMT -5
well kids - never DO heroin NOR meth! not even once! you will end up selling your Aerosmith collection for 12 bucks. Nevermind blowing yo brians out
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Post by AeroCooper on Nov 2, 2020 13:47:08 GMT -5
If I sold my entire Aerosmith collection for 12 bucks I'd want to blow my brains out too.
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Post by AeroCooper on Nov 20, 2020 6:33:33 GMT -5
‘They Just Seem a Little Weird’: Book Shows Impact of ’70s Bandsby Best Classic Bands Staff A new book takes a look at how four American classic rock bands from the ’70s – three of which are now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – laid the foundation for two seemingly opposed rock genres: the hair metal of Poison, Skid Row, and Mötley Crüe and the grunge of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and others. They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll arrives Dec. 1 from author Doug Brod via Hachette Books. The book’s title comes from a lyric from Cheap Trick’s 1978 single, “Surrender,” that, as the author notes, famously name-checks KISS. They Just Seem a Little Weird shows how the four bands’ careers frequently intersected in those days. (For instance, in 1978, the four members of KISS simultaneously released solo albums. Gene Simmons’ self-titled LP, the most successful of the four titles, featured guest appearances from Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, and Starz’s Richie Ranno.) From the announcement: Into the dazed and confused mid-’70s strutted four flamboyant bands that reveled in revved-up anthems and flaunted a novel theatricality. In the new book, veteran entertainment journalist Doug Brod offers an eye- and ear-opening look at a crucial moment in music history, when rock became fun again and a gig became a show. Advance praise for They Just Seem a Little Weird: “Doug Brod gives the ’70s hard rock world of Kiss, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz the scholarly research, historical narrative and-above all else-the respect it deserves. You’ll be constantly entertained and enlightened by his backstage stories and newly unearthed-and eye-opening-connections between all those bands. The book rock and rolls and parties all night, on every page.” – author David Browne The book’s author is the former editor in chief of SPIN magazine and was a long-time editor at Entertainment Weekly. He has worked for Atlantic Records, taught at New York University, and was a segment producer of the comedy/music television series Oddville, MTV.
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Post by bartman2001 on Nov 24, 2020 21:32:48 GMT -5
well kids - never DO heroin NOR meth! not even once! you will end up selling your Aerosmith collection for 12 bucks. Nevermind blowing yo brians out Aerosmith sold their 1973 to 1985 work out for millions of dollars. To almost quote Alice Cooper it was millions for their bodies and a nickle, A penny a piece. for their souls!
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Post by ap on Nov 28, 2020 9:01:26 GMT -5
‘They Just Seem a Little Weird’: Book Shows Impact of ’70s Bandsby Best Classic Bands Staff A new book takes a look at how four American classic rock bands from the ’70s – three of which are now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – laid the foundation for two seemingly opposed rock genres: the hair metal of Poison, Skid Row, and Mötley Crüe and the grunge of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and others. They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll arrives Dec. 1 from author Doug Brod via Hachette Books. One of these things is not like the others. Starz? C'mon, really? I liked them and all, but this is an overstatement. They were a side note at best. Maybe the author just misspelled Van Halen.
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Post by AeroCooper on Dec 14, 2020 16:59:19 GMT -5
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Post by anaix3l on Jan 4, 2021 11:53:27 GMT -5
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Post by AeroCooper on Jan 10, 2021 8:17:24 GMT -5
I spy an Aerosmith album *2 Aerosmith albums* in this jigsaw puzzle of greatest rock albums
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Post by tedz on Jan 10, 2021 11:30:43 GMT -5
Quote: ...in 1978, the four members of KISS simultaneously released solo albums. Gene Simmons’ self-titled LP, the most successful of the four titles...
I thought Ace Frehley's solo album was the most successful/sold the most out of the 4?
Ted
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Post by bartman2001 on Jan 10, 2021 11:51:19 GMT -5
Quote: ...in 1978, the four members of KISS simultaneously released solo albums. Gene Simmons’ self-titled LP, the most successful of the four titles... I thought Ace Frehley's solo album was the most successful/sold the most out of the 4? Ted It was the best of them for sure. I think his version of New York Grove was the only single of all four albums to yield a top 40 hit. but Gene's LP sold the most of the 4 LPs.
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Post by anaix3l on Jan 23, 2021 12:11:59 GMT -5
Niilo is the singer from Insomnium. He's only a few years older than me, so I'd venture to guess those were the albums of his childhood/ teenage years. Love a lot of his other choices beside Aerosmith.
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Post by bartman2001 on Jan 23, 2021 12:33:47 GMT -5
^^ Interesting call on the Queen albums, two I like btw, which came out relatively close to PV & GAG.
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Post by anaix3l on Jan 28, 2021 11:22:40 GMT -5
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Post by redvers76 on Feb 8, 2021 11:50:28 GMT -5
Comedian and actor Ade Edmondson listening to a couple of records today, including a popular little ditty by Run DMC...
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