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I didn't mean to insult anyone's taste in music Coldplay came on the radio for the zillionth time today and it pissed me off. I was probably unfair in just picking on them only (though I really don't like them). People should be free to like what they like which is why I'm pissed..... It used to be many moons ago that bands had huge local following before record exec's would take notice of a band. These days they go out looking to sign what they think the public wants such and such an image and such and such a sound. Bands shouldn't have to be about 'fighting the man', unfortuneately today they do; there is a culture war being waged today and anyone who would deny that is either blind, naive or complicit. There is no way that if Audioslave or Velvet Revolver didn't contain pre-established musicians they would be on the radio at all. The mainstream seeks to 'contain' the harder edge so it is more easily packaged and manageable. Like putting a moderate as the opposition in a debate, the debate is more easily managed to your ends. There is just nothing out there but mush and cheese making it to the airways these days. One would expect that in our age of p2p and mesh networks we would have some diversity out there for those of us who need the hard stuff but it's the same old tired suits calling the shots. As I understand it though there were people in the 1930's who didn't believe airplanes existed and swore they would never use a telephone. So maybe by the year 2035 we will have some better selection to the masses. Anyways, I'm not a total asshole just a part-timer.

Ha, Layne could rock chris even after rotting three years! I couldn't help but think on the track "nobody said it was easy..." oh shit! this guy's been neutered!!!

:cry: I just had to write and say how much I HATE Coldplay! Sensing the loss of 1990's talent (Layne Staley, Shannon Hoon, Andrew Wood etc...) the record exec's manufacture shit like this and stuff it down the publics throat. How much time went into Chris Martin's make-up? Are these guys rejected Dolce and Gabbana models? Does the band even give Chris an excuse to attempt a falsetto or are they really that weak? How much did their exec's have to pay the DJ's for radio play? Where is the conviction? Where is the soul? Nothing today will ever compare to the power of Alice in Chains, the sorrow of Shannon Hoon or the bleakness of Soundgarden. All we have left is Audioslave and Velvet Revolver (God bless them as they fight a losing battle against boring music into the dark night). The real losers are the youth of the 00's who have nothing to call their own but rehashed Gangsta-rap formula, jailbait models doubling as singers, twenty year old techno beats, endless cover versions of 80's hits, Nickelback whinning about failed relationships and Chris Martin's souless, weak voice. "the modern world is a commie-capitalist shithole with no soul" ; ~Duff Mckagan