Posted by the individual: wow, slam. good one man. but, i'm 83 years
old so where does that leave me? "everybody must get stoned"---words to
live by.
Posted by
they don't call me: Everyone that posts here on a regular
basis is probably between the ages of 12-16. No, that can't be right, kids
that age wouldn't be familiar with O'Rourke, Thompson, et al. Oh well,
honest mistake.
Posted by
jesusschwartz: I spent the last ten minutes reading this
article to learn something I actually figured out five years ago...whenever
I get offers for free magazine subsriptions and such, I generally choose
Spin over Rolling Stone, but neither is an authority on music I actually
give a damn about...unfortunately, the offers for free subscriptions never
include Guitar World or Barely Legal...
Posted by
GREENMUSE: hee hee hee,that gene simmons quote is
actully pretty damn funny.Kosher Israli Sex Studs forever!
Posted by
aG: "Being accepted by aging hippies is not
high on my priority list" - Gene Simmons
Posted by
aG: I wouldn't have it any other way
Posted by
anton: this site's fixation with almost famous
and the thompson/bangs juggernaut is funny.. because these people would
plainly have despised this site through-and-through.
Posted by
KizzyMarie: I am not sure if I should laugh or cry
after reading this... the sad reality is that all of this is true. (And
will not change)But as much as I am opposed to any form of selling out
I believe that RS does handle there business. The articles may be more
mainstream and there advertising may be trendy but everyone knows that
is what sells. As an up and coming writer I could only dream of writing
for such an amazing publication.
Posted by
AntiGuy Fan: RS has always been somewhat of a huge
joke, along with Spin, in the underground music industry. Thanks AntiGuy,
for another illuminating piece.
Posted by
GREENMUSE: i was invited to p diddys party,but turned
him down,all my designer clothes are in the shop.
Posted by
you will obey me.: ya...they're not so great.
Posted by
slimer: Hey, RS did just have a review on Meshuggah's
new album (which really surprised me)so they do deserve a tiny iota of
respect for that (of course all the crap bands they review probably cancels
that out). And I am disappointed that this site doesn't have a Meshuggah
review, so somebody better get on that fast (can you tell that I like Meshuggah?)!
Posted by
dreibel: Mr. huh?, if you want to find that issue
of the parody, it'll be easy to spot - it has a painting of Bob Dylan playing
Trivial Pursuit. Like I said, I think it was the Harvard Lampoon who put
it out (they have a history of putting out perfect magazine parodies, they
did a Newsweek parody in around '84 ("Nuclear Arms and Terrific Legs: How
Waepons Buildup Threatens Today's Supermodels") that rocked.
Posted by
Trendkill138: You know, I recently thought about changing
my handle to TK138. I might as well.
Posted by
SMIC: TK138, RS was always more or less a mainstream
magazine, meaning they cater to the general public and have a broad readership.
You hit exactly on my point though, they used to also give info on more
obscure stuff as well (albiet obscure music geared to hit the mainstream,
i don't think this is bad BTW) I would guess, although i have not read
it in wahile, that there are probably some album review and stuff of better
newer music tucked in there. back to my point, being a "mainstream" magazine
with a broad customer base they have great power to bring attention to
new bands and musicians. The one band I can think of they helped break
this year is the Yeah Yeah Yeah's possibly the worst shyte to hit the garage
punk scene yet. Worse because this was total and complete jumping on the
bandwagon on the part of RS as this patetic excuse for a band was allready
getting alot of attention from some name dropping by Julian Casablancas
garage-punk's ultimate tool. I really think RS could afford to add conetent
about some serious new music without comprmising sales, but what do I know
I am not a corporate scumbag who counts the bottom line.
Posted by
you will obey me.: werd...ha...ha. here's my take on the
whole situation. eminem...ya. no comment needed. Moby...jealous because
eminem did a duet w/elton and not him. also, he just wants it up the a$$
from mr mathers. also f*ck _________(please insert the name sean combs
is currently calling himself). F*ck mtv & the vma's. f*ck rolling stone.
hell, f*ck the whole f*cking corrupted music industry, and anyone connected
with them. i think that's all, no more f*cks for tonight. the end. f*ck.
Posted by
OMG: Anyone who gets there political info from
RS is a moron and their idea of Culture is a p.diddy party.
Posted by
pick: TK138, I still enjoy the occasional RS
article, too. I remember when RS was banned from my house for its "foul"
language. I read it anyway and learned a lot about politics, music and
culture. I like magazines such as Vanity Fair and GQ that publish interesting
and often thought-provoking articles. So what if they have ads? Everything
in America has advertising.
Posted by
Trendkill138: RS wasn't "always mainstream". When I
started reading it, back around '88/'89, I used to read about bands like
Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, and Soul Asylum long before they were famous.
I also learned a lot about the history of Rock because of it. Most of what
aG said is true, but despite all the teenybopper crap they've been churning
out the last couple of years, I still enjoy reading it.
Posted by
Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!": You all got to hear this. I took the chance
to check out the article on the VMA's in the latest RS issue. It seems
that Eminem is continuing his feud with Moby. They showed a picture of
him giving the finger to Moby. Now, all Moby ever did was say that he doesn't
agree with what Eminem says, but that he'll fight to the death for his
right to say it. Obviously, despite his claims to the contrary, Eminem
does care about what other people think about him, or else he wouldn't
pick fights with them. Now get this, later after the show, Eminem approached
Avril Lavigne and said that he really respects her album. LOL It doesn't
stop there. After the show, many were invited to a P. Diddy party called
"The Greatest Party of all Time" in which everyone was informed in their
invitations to wear clothes by only the top designers and "not to bother
the sexy people". Now if P. Diddy isn't an example of someone who sucks
Satan's c0ck, then I don't know what it.
Posted by
you will obey me.: god bless america. everyone who works
for mtv and rollingstone are a bunch of f*cking corporate wh*res. god damn
clones, they wouldn't know talent if it f*cked them in the a$$. hendrix
is god. the end.
Posted by
Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!": Monkess' talentless opener, Jimi Hendrix?
LOL I simply must find that issue.
Posted by
SMIC: Too True, RS, always mainstream, has degraded
itself to complete and utter irrelevancy. These days it has about as much
to do with music as MTV. Truly this is an unfortunate development. RS could
both cater to the lowest common denominator and act to educate people about
new and emerging music. They could keep Love on the cover but sneak in
a few meaningful articles about music between the gloss for the truly curiouos
teenybobbers. Sadly they dont. They will keep on pumping style over music
and yes Maxim and 17 are good comparisons.
Posted by
dreibel: okay, if you guys want to be Hunter Thompson
and cameron Crowe, can I be Lester Bangs? :) But regarding hilarious, you
should've seen the war that went on between Rolling Stone and the band
Queen in the 1970s, RS were calling Queen "fascist" and dangerous, and
it was amazing seeing all the hatchet jobs on reviews of Queen performances
throughout the 70s. There was even one interview with the band in which
the interviewer made it clear right out front that he hated the band! Once
Freddie and Roger figured that out, they spent the rest of the interview
giving out nonsense answers to the little git. And RS was gullible enough
to print them! BTW, I think it was the Harvard Lampoon who put out this
hilarious sendup of the magazine in the 1980s, that included these faux
reveiws in which they slammed Jimi Hendrix ("slow death in a purple haze!
We've seen this "Jimi" Hendrix before and he's a total bore - he mumbles,
he sets his guitar on fire and, unlike a brother, he doesn't play the blues
- at all. When are the Monkees going to drop these loser opening acts and
find artists with real talent to open?" Great satire!
Posted by
you will obey me.: F*ck you and your MoM. Hole does not even
approach the talent of Nirvana. Admittedly, she is better than fred durst,
and eminem...not much, but better. Still...i would rather have more nirvana
released, if it meant never hearing another hole song again. F*ck courtney
love, if you must man, but maybe keep her locked in your closet until she
agrees to quit being such a stupid b*tch. or maybe we just need to take
away her drugs, some people obviously can't handle themselves.
Posted by
LB: Thanks aG (if it was you) for whacking
that last post. Sometimes I go a bit too far. I'll try to be a good tool,
sir.
Posted by
Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!": By the way, UNCUT RULES!!! I don't always
agree with them, but they have FAR MORE credibility than Rolling Stone
could ever have.
Posted by
pick: Over the weekend, I was looking at US
magazine. Then I came back to my apartment and looked at my roomie's RS
and they really weren't all the different. Rolling Stone isn't horrible,
but it's really expensive, too ad-based and not on the cutting edge. That's
the problem with mass media today. Don't blame RS for being "sellouts"
or "posers" when every publication from the greatest newspaper on earth,
The New York Times, and the TV show "Good Day Live" adhere to the unwritten
standards of media. RS does review a ton of unorthodox albums and movies,
and, as always, the photography is excellent. Hunter Thompson and P.J.
Rourke were great in their time, but like all other journalists and news
people a new breed must emerge. Just look at what happened when Walter
Cronkite retired. He was the most trusted man in America and everyone thought
his departure was the death of TV news, but look at how the big three recovered.
What am I trying to say? All RS is trying to do is make money, and who
can fault them for that? They don't exploit children to do it, they don't
underpay their staff and they don't lowball every other magazines to get
ahead.
Posted by
Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!": Master of Meth is either a troll, a teenybopper,
or both. Or maybe they themself actually work for Rolling Stone and are
trying to bash Nirvana since they're no longer "cool" like shock-monkey
Eminem. As for mister Slim Shady, I will admit that he has some lyrical
talent, but mostly wastes it on stupid songs talking about how bad he thinks
he is and how gay he thinks everyone else is. Some of his more serious
stuff (i.e. "Stan", "Cleaning out My Closet") are hard to really take seriously
at all when he comes out with songs like "Without Me" in which he does
nothing short of proclaiming himself the meaning of life and how everyone
else's lives would be completely empty without him.
Posted by
MoM: Oh, and "you will obey me"? I would definitely
f*ck Courtney Love if you would bring her over. How dare you compare her
to Fred and Kurt? Some people just don't have any taste!!!
Posted by
Master of Meth: There is nothing on this Earth which can
compare to the all-out sucking of Fred Durst. Maybe someone should let
him use Cobain's shotgun.
Posted by
David: One writer reviews each album. So it is
only one persons opinion. Besides, have you ever bought an album because
RS liked it? I rest my case.
Posted by
you will obey me.: p.s.- f*ck courtney love; f*ck courtney
love; f*ck courtney love; f*ck courtney love; f*ck courtney love; i for
one want her to forget making her sh|tty music and release the nirvana
material instead. in conclusion: f*ck courtney love.
Posted by
you will obey me.: cobain's lyrics make perfect sense to
me...hmmm, i guess that says something. Dr Fever- i must disagree fred
durst writes deep lyrics...well about as deep as britney spears' personality.
ok so they're really fu{king shallow. personally i think we're all fu{ked...all
the great musicians are either dead, corrupted, or too fu{king messed up
from drug use to go on making good music. and the new bands with any talent
at all, will never make a lasting name for themselves because there are
too many stupid a$$holes out there who continue and buy sh*t like eminem,
limp bizkit, and hole, for any real music to gain popularity. unless we
stop buying the talentless sh|t the record companies will never put out
any talented musicians work. fu{k this i'm going back to bed.
Posted by
GREENMUSE: cheers to antiguy,i actully forgot rolling
stone actully still exisited,i only thought of it as exsisting only in
name and to hand out"thrill ride of the year"movie reveiws,on movies released
in january.the last time i picked up a copy was around 1996 or so,only
because i was bored stiff at someones house.and it was too chock full of
ads for yuppie products for my taste then too.and i wasnt the jaded old
man i am now,so it must be bad nowadays. i get 97% of my news from antimusic,and
for more specific news,i just head to bands webpage.is an expose on spin
next antiguy?i hate them soo much*shakes fist menaingly*.ooh if antiguy
is cameron crowe,and fever is hunter thompson,i get to be alfred jarry.
Posted by
Dr Fever: Meth..you obviously have the iq of a retarded
monkey if you think you can even COMPARE Eminem to Kurt Cobain. Now, you've
got two strikes (the eminem comment and the Hole fandom)...I suppose next
you'll tell us that Fred Durst writes music full of depth and creativity.
Posted by
MoM: And I'm not trying to start flame war.
Eminem's words are funny and intelligent. Cobain's words were retarded
junkie babble.
Posted by
Master of Meth: No. Wrong. I'm a Hole fan. The 24 hours
of Courtney was the best thing ever on MTV. And braces scrapes the bark
on the wood. It hurts.
Posted by
The Original Jackass: Rolling stone sucks more then a cheap
5 dollar whore with braces
Posted by
aG: The truth is he is probably a diehard
Nirvana fan trying to get people to start praising them or just to talk
crap and have fun. You know the type fever?? Maybe it's Lars who is pissed
cuz Nevermind spoiled their momentum from the Black album? or maybe he
just is that stupid, there are plenty of stupid people in the world as
you well know.
Posted by
Dr Fever: I'm just trying to figure something out...is
Master of Meth that stupid or is he just trying to start one of those "flame
like hell" wars. I'm guessing a little bit of both.
Posted by
Master of Meth: You're crying that they gave Nevermind
3 stars? Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't RS use a 5 star system? Stop
whining! I'd give that album 3 stars too, but it would be 3 out of 10.
Eminem has far more talent than Kurt Cobain could have ever dreamed of
having.
Posted by
VampireRyan: Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly
wouldn't know good records if it bit them in the ass.
Posted by
Dr Fever: Two things: First, if aG is the Cameron
Crowe of antiMUSIC then that clinches it...i'm the Hunter Thompson! haha.
Second; I read the new issue at work and, yeah, it's pretty damn horrid.
Raving about the VMA's (earth to RS: THEY SUCKED Balls!) and making the
horny fat chick out to be some kind of hero or something. I shake my head
in amazement. I've got the '1000 yard stare'. I will now go on record...the
only good things about Rolling Stone EVER are as follows: A) Kurt Cobains'"Corporate
Magazine Still Suck" tshirt they ran on the cover after Nevermind broke.
And, B)Everything Hunter Thompson ever contributed. F**k Rolling Stone!
Viva La antiMUSIC!
Posted by
Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!": Don't forget that this is the same magazine
that gave Nirvana's legendary Nevermind album 3 stars when it came out
(still does. No revisionism on that yet) and gave 4 stars to brain-dead
Andrew W.K.'s debut album (proclaiming him the "saviour of rock") while
also giving 2 stars to lyrical genius Aimee Mann's latest album. Not to
mention having never even reviewed Days of the New's incredible RED album.
They even just last year named Britney Spears as "The Coolest Person of
the Year" followed closely by Fred Durst and the overrated Alicia Keys,
but with no mention of the far superior India Arie. The same magazine that's
hailing garage-punk knock-off artists such as The Strokes the "saviours
of rock" (although I'll give them credit for The White Stripes, as they
are actually rather original). Rolling Stone hasn't always screwed up though.
They once proclaimed The Clash as the best new band of the year when punk
broke. But that's one of the VERY FEW exceptions. Might I also say that
of all the things I suggested posting an article on, I completely forgot
about Rolling Stone magazine. Nice job remembering antiGUY.
Posted by
Dreamy Rover: Don't need no Rolling Stone. Never liked
it. A few music sites (including antiMUSIC) & GUITAR WORLD, GUITAR
PLAYER, TOTAL GUITAR & all sorts of metal magazines are enough for
me.
Posted by
[fade]: Rolling Stone has always sucked. I'll
continue sticking to Kerrang and Revolver.
Posted by
MY D I C K'S ON FIRE!!!: F U C K!!! F U C K!!!
Posted by
??: Universal owns them? Isn't that a conflict
of interest? I mean how can you trust any review they write on a Universal
band? At least now i know why Eminem was CD of the year, he's on Universal.
Posted by
AliceCooperette: Mini Story: When I started showing interest
in music, the first time I picked up an issue of Rolling Stone, my MOTHER
gave me a lecture about how they "are not what they seem," or something
to those words. Even my mom knows they suck. And it's too expensive for
a mag that's all ads. Maybe they'll go bankrupt.
Posted by
Scott Stapps Ego: Rolling Stone sucks. Always has, always
will.
Posted by
Batman: But if you assume Rolling Stone is, was
and always will suck, then you won't be disappointed no matter what they
do.
