Guns ‘N’ Roses?
I remember when they were a crap little punk band playing little dives in Dublin. A LOT of people in Dublin do 
And how weak everyone else is. Is rock truly dead? Probably more of a niche product; there’s still some terrific stuff out there, it jist doesn’t have wide appeal. When Nickelback and Sheryl Crowe are being seriously considered as #2, things are pretty bad. I mean, Nickelback??? No wonder I find myself going to see DJs a lot more than concerts.
Oh, and U2 most definitely were alternative up until the Joshua Tree era.
Yeah, back in the mid- to late-80s, when somebody said “alternative,” the first bands that would spring to mind were U2, the Cure, and R.E.M. All of these could probably be considered mainstream today.
Back in the mid- to late 80s, if I’m remembering correctly, rock stations in Chicago like Z95 (which is now The Loop) would play your typical stadium-rock and hair rock. A typical play list would include Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, perhaps some Journey.
They’re over these days. Most of the original members are in the hasbeen supergroup Velvet Revolver, while Axel plugs along, beating women.
Well, if Axl ever gets off the pot with Chinese Democracy, we’ll know if he’s still got it. But he’s been in seclusion for the better part of a decade now. The rest of the band (and Scott Weiland), Velvet Revolver, could be a contender with a few more hits under their belt. But you know Axl’s got problems when Scott friggin’ Weiland looks professional by comparison.
This is a pretty important point, I think. Since the consolidation of American radio, I can think of only one supergroup that’s come out (Coldplay) and their British. The rest of the huge-draw, arena-rockers are old hat with great fans. If you still like rock, I’d recommend checking out some local music & some internet radio. There’s still interesting stuff being done, it’s just that putting out a single is such a financial investment these days (radio station payola, major label backing being big big money ventures) that the majors refuse to release anything challenging, interesting, or creative.
Hence, Nickelback.
I suppose but their music is worlds ahead of some of the other bands mentioned thus far in this thread and they played some MTV event a few years back to a lot of excited fans.
“Worlds Ahead” is definately a matter of opinion. 80s & 90s rockers will always love G’n’R; they’re just wandering around with a fork in their backs these days.
oh sadness…I do agree that The Stones overall are perhaps more worthy of the title than Bon Jovi, esp. given their recent re-insurgance. But, damn…I love bon Jovi and I was very sad to see them knocked off the last list of top five.
Come on Bone Jovi…big follow-up…
Agreed with the Dave commentary, but I don’t ever put Dave or Coldplay in the rock band categories. Although fantastic, not so rock.
Hehe, I saw this in my e-mail and thought it was about Greenday.