Category: Rock (Page 239 of 241)

Well, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its latest nominees. (Read the story here.) I don’t know about anyone else, but, although I’m psyched to see the Pistols make the cut (you gotta figure Lydon’s acceptance speech alone will be worth the price of admission) and it’s hard to argue with the cultural and historical importance of Black Sabbath and Lynyrd Skynyrd, what’s the story with Miles Davis? I mean, the guy’s a legend and a musical genius, but, really, does anyone think of him as a rock musician…? And I don’t have anything against Blondie, but there are many more worthy musicians who should’ve made the cut before them…

Okay, maybe that’s not exactly how it went down, but they released his album either way, and sweet Jesus, does it suck. It’s actually worse than his former band Creed, if you can imagine that. One song, “Justify,” tells the story of meeting a man with a “half suit and dark blue jeans” in New Orleans, who asks him, “Hey, boy, have you seen the other side?” Stapp then bellows:

“I do not have to justify, the way I live my life
I do not have to justify, the reason I’m alive.”

Maybe not, Scottie boy, but someone has to explain how this stuff continues to pollute the earth. The really funny part is that the artwork is even worse than the music itself; the shot of Stapp underneath the CD is him shirtless, his back facing forward, with his arms up in Christ pose. In fact, there is only one shot of him with a shirt on, and it’s a wife beater. Who knew that Scott Stapp had such a devoted gay fan base?

Final irony: Wind-Up Records is owned by Sony/BMG, and yet this album doesn’t contain any copy protection. Big mistake; they should have made this album as hard to share as possible, because once people hear it, they’re not going to buy it. Except maybe to burn it.