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Count Bassie said:
I'm not a a KISS fan, but good bass line, good tune.

Punk for musicianship? X's drummer, DJ Bonebreak, their guitarist Billy Zoom... Klaus Flouride, bass player for Dead Kennedys... Devo, all of them... There are in fact some great examples of talented players in the punk realm.
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Those are great examples of great musicians in the punk thing. Sid V often gets mentioned as THE example of punk musicians not being able to play. Ever listen to the Pistols record? I think it’s really good. Sid didn’t play on that record. Sid was brought in specifically because he couldn’t play but fit into the ethos John Lydon was cultivating. He wanted the band to blow up, then quickly blow up the band. It worked and we still talk about it.
 
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PillO said:
Precisely my point. By opening their mouths, they can only alienate a segment of their fans. The most intelligent comment I have ever heard from a celebrity was many years ago, Tom Hanks was asked his opinion on politics and his answer was something to the effect of: why do you care what I think; I'm an actor. And I am sick and tired of all the reality TV celebutards; they just make the world a dumber place.

Now you kids, get off my lawn.
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Hey Neil, just shut up and write me another 'Heart of Gold'.

 
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godofthunder59 said:
I am a bit puzzled by the strong negative reaction to KISS. They are just a band. I love a wide variety of music. Early Rock and Roll Chuck Berry being one example of many great artists from that era. The Beatles, The Who, Badfinger, Slade, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, Wishbone Ash, Yes, Rush, Ramones, Bowie, Social Distortion, Ian Hunter, Mott The Hoople, Mountain, Widow Maker, Brian Setzer, The Alarm etc, etc, etc. I even have developed a appriciation for the music of my parents generation, Sinatra, Bing, Dorsey, Lemon Sisters, etc. There are plenty of bands I don't care for but I doubt I would put paper to pen and write a tirade about them.
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When I was younger, I had a strong "if you're not into what I'm into, then you're wrong and stupid" thang goin' on, but as I look back over the music of my life, I find that there's very little that I honestly say I don't like/don't wanna hear again. I used to be quite outspoken with regards to my disdain for '80's hair metal...now I have quite a bit of it in my collection. Some, because of the music... some, because of the nostalgia... some because of the laughs. Ultimately... I guess I just kinda got to the point where I decided it was just silly to let a guy in a sequined floor length trail duster and 10 pounds of hairspray, evoke such disdain. It was time to give the li'l punk rocker that was moshing around inside my head, an open handed slap in the face, and tell him to sit down, STFU, and recognize that he was being "anti..." just for the sake of being "anti...", and that the '80s were a safe distance away & couldn't hurt him any more. That, combined with the realization that I typically have ultimate and supreme power over what music finds its way to my ears... pretty much did in my outspokenness against most music. Of course there are things that I dislike so much that I'll speak out against them given the opportunity (I'm sure we all do)... but that doesn't make it "right". It just means I shoulda shut it off sooner;)
 
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The Eskimo Brothers ‘argue’ about what bands we like all the time. No one takes it personally. We do agree on this; whatever got you into music when you were a kid is awesome. You get a free pass for anything you liked as a teenager, even if it seems kinda dorky now. If it turned you on to music, it’s awesome. We’re also different ages and from different parts of the country (Portland, Oregon, Knoxville, TN, Bay City, Michigan and San Gabriel, CA). Our age and location have a lot to do with what we were exposed to and therefore what we like. Or at least what got us into music.

Funny to me that I had two groups of friends in high school. Prog dudes and punk dudes. The prog dudes hated punk and the punk dudes hated prog. I loved both, but kept it to myself, depending on which group I was hanging with :)
 
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StraffordMike said:
So it's here. The outer box had obviously been opened and retaped shut. Bass carton itself appears fine but the Korg mini tuner is awol. Hopefully ZZounds takes care of this quickly and painlessly. Now we wait, although the box was so compromised even closed it might as well be open. Ugh.
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I am guessing that it is cold where you are.
 
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dukeorock said:
The Eskimo Brothers ‘argue’ about what bands we like all the time. No one takes it personally. We do agree on this; whatever got you into music when you were a kid is awesome. You get a free pass for anything you liked as a teenager, even if it seems kinda dorky now. If it turned you on to music, it’s awesome. We’re also different ages and from different parts of the country (Portland, Oregon, Knoxville, TN, Bay City, Michigan and San Gabriel, CA). Our age and location have a lot to do with what we were exposed to and therefore what we like. Or at least what got us into music.
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That was Kiss for me. When I was three years old or so, my cousin gave me The Originals, which was the first three records in one set. The Hotter Than Hell record totally blew my tiny mind. All I knew about them was the music and the album cover.

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Count Bassie said:
I'm not a a KISS fan, but good bass line, good tune.

Punk for musicianship? X's drummer, DJ Bonebreak, their guitarist Billy Zoom... Klaus Flouride, bass player for Dead Kennedys... Devo, all of them... There are in fact some great examples of talented players in the punk realm.
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Also Mike Watt, who played a Thunderbird.
 
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theFixer said:
The idea of finding a bass from 1970 makes my wallet hurt. I like your 50th birthday idea! That gives me 2 years to suss it out;)
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My birth year was the same as the Thunderbirds so my wife bought me a 50th Anniversary Thunderbird. Pretty awesome gift from a great lady!!

Count Bassie said:
I'm not a a KISS fan, but good bass line, good tune.

Punk for musicianship? X's drummer, DJ Bonebreak, their guitarist Billy Zoom... Klaus Flouride, bass player for Dead Kennedys... Devo, all of them... There are in fact some great examples of talented players in the punk realm.
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There are always a group of standout musicians that can be pointed to in any genre from any time period. Punk is no different in that regard. There were some very talented players that just happened to enjoy producing that style of music.
 
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I was never a KISS fan but those songs and most rock songs about older guys gettin' with younger girls are not things that I ever took literally. I think those types of tunes originated in blues and lots of people have been copying that style and it gets copied again and passed along.

I would never write or sing a song of that type because to me, personally, they are more corny than threatening.
 
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