728huey said:

yeah, like right around the time they got together and came up with the name Limp Bizkit.


[Edited 6/8/05 18:56pm]

meltwithu said:

I'm sorry..but the Tempts, Commodores & The Bluenotes still sound good...I've heard all of them live & they can SANG.

I don't think any musician should call it quits if they still love making music, but in the spirit of the thread...

Lynrd Skynrd
AC/DC, though I love Back in Black
Van Halen obviously
Genesis
Kiss--post Peter Kriss/makeup
Menudo--after the first of them turned 16
Funkadelic--anyone see that album with the disclaimer "George Clinton had nothing to do with this album?"

and of course:
The Beatles--post Pete Best was just plain worthless!

Slash said:

for me its the fact that their touring as queen not that there playing the songs

page and plant dont call themselves led zeppelin when they work together

Raine said:

As a long-term Queen admirer, (one of the first things I ever remember is seeing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' onTOTP!) and someone with close connections to a member, I have to totally agree with both you and Natisse there. I'm certainly not going to attend out of principle either.

They say themselves that they're not stating they're 'Queen' - but 'Queen and Paul Rogers' which I think is more than a little spurious personally. Anyone with two brain cells can see that without that title, they'd be playing tiny indoor venues, and not places like Hyde Park. Not only that, but they certainly wouldn't be using the logo if Freddie were still kickin' it, that much I can tell ya.

On the other hand, I feel for the guys, they LOVE playing live. But form another band for God's sakes! No-one would blame you for doing that, you don't have to feel guilty about leaving Queen behind...it's ok, it's ok...



By all accounts, a large majority of members of their fan club were up in arms about this Q+PR thing anyway - not to mention that the reviews have been pretty ropey from both fans and critics alike.

If that wasn't bad enough, man... the support acts suck too. Razorlight and Peter fucking Kay? I can see it now 50,000 people (if they're lucky - certainly won't be the attendance they got when they played there in the mid seventies) singing 'Is This The Way To Amarillo' - why not just take a big steaming turd on the Queen legacy whilst you're at it guys?

Im off to have a bloody large vodka darlings.

Cheers!

BananaCologne said:

OMG I love it ...and you are SOOO right about the Logo too seeing Freddie was the one who designed it I think it's really wrong

As much as I love Brian and Roger I admire John Deacon for having the balls to stay out of this one and not cash in on it

as for another band name both Brian and Roger have toured with other bands successfully so my worth is that they should have kept it that way

Raine said:

Oh yeah, that was what I was getting at really: Drop the name "Queen". After all, with the connotations of the name, it was Freddy who was the embodiment of the whole "Queen" thing.


With Page and Plant you hit the nail on the head; They realise it will never be Led Zep without the 4 original members, but they still play the songs, respectfully and with some interesting new approaches. If they tried to do them the same, they would sound like poor copies, but to take them somewhere new is taking risks but it is admirable.

Slash said:

Yeah, I still feel bad for Jonesy though because they never asked him to tour with them. Apparently, he was pretty pissed about that because they played mostly all Zeppelin songs on the Page/Plant tour. Again, Jonesy gets the shaft.

I shouldn't complain though. I'm seeing Robert Plant with his band in July and he's doing quite a few Zeppelin songs I hear.

minneapolisgenius said:

When the band were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame back in 1995, JPJ leant into the mic and said: 'Thanks to my friends for finally rememebring my number'. Feud or no feud, they all took to the stage with Jason Bonham on drums for the obligatory jam seesion.

One half of me understands why they left JPJ out (they said they didn't want it to be a 'Led Zep reunion' or to tout it as such, but the half of me thinks how crap that must have made the poor guy feel, and in that respect it was pretty unfair.

Fleetwood Mac (can't overlook Christine McVie's contribution to the band)

728huey said:

I hear you, but Say You Will was still a good album without her..

Cloudbuster said:

Yeah, but why would she do it if she released a solo album shortly after?

She has forgotten where the money is

She was willing to record with them but the rest of the band voted against it.

I thought that was a little unfair.

meltwithu said:

I'm sorry..but the Tempts, Commodores & The Bluenotes still sound good...I've heard all of them live & they can SANG.

728huey said:

I hear you, but Say You Will was still a good album without her. At least Lindsey was back on board. The two studio albums they made during his departure were .

Cloudbuster said:

tis not....

Anxiety said:

Damn Right!

sosgemini said:

Put down that guitar and vogue!

Here's one:



Metallica should've quit when James Hetfield left (to be replaced by that look-alike imposter with the weak vocals and hippy speak "Metallica loves you!" "We are Metallica! YOU are Metallica!" Twat. )

Slash said:

Hetfield left Metallica?

Stax said:

Sorry, I was being ironic. He is so unlike his old-self that it is as if he had left.

They should split up now, though. Dontcha think?