Brain Dead Radio Episode 58: Ro Knows the 90's

[Abraham Smashington]

Ceej and Rob are back to kick of 2012 right in the nuts. Ceej is slightly scared of the end of the world, Rob is always serious when it comes to resolutions, and Bon Jovi’s horse may have been bedazzled. Rob gets Ceej’s blood boiling by comparing Eric Draven to John Lennon and then Rob sinks even further into failure during a discussion regarding 90′s music and how much he is stuck in the past. Ceej loves bald Corgan more than Gish Corgan and nothing will ever keep the two of them down. Meanwhile, Rob is addicted to hanging out in space with his smuggler, Buffington the Backstabber, in SWTOR and then they both decide to take a trip down memory lane with the very first episode of Video Power.

[Abraham Smashington]

I take it no one has listened yet?

[B_Metal]

Not yet, tons of shit going on around the house and interview coming up. Will try today if possible.

[Shit Dickface]

picture is the best

[Abraham Smashington]

Thank you sir. I liked it.

[Nathan]

Hope to get to this today.

[Timothy225]

Same here - eager to give this a listen.

[BMichaelKrol]

Some points...

1) My point with Nirvana, which created that asinine dust-up with Anderson, is that Cobain's death deified this band for reasons other than being the cultural zeitgeist of the 90s. If Cobain hadn't died I doubt there'd be t-shirts in Hot Topic for Nirvana. There'll always be a nostaligia factor for them in a certain age demographic (like me an Tim's, and yours Rob), but I don't think anyone below their 30s would care about them.

Want proof? Fleetwood Mac, arguably bigger than Nirvana, and their own cultural phenomenon at the time, are pretty much relegated to 70s nostalgia. Peter Frampton, same thing. Frampton Comes Alive sold more units than Nirvana's entire catalog. Now he's a trivia question. Hair metal, the LA Metal scene -- same thing.

Stripping Nirvana of the cultural baggage and evaluating their music on its own terms, its sort of boring, the lyrics aren't really compelling on their own, and their early material is one note. Not bad -- not great either.

Oh, and my musical tastes have changed greatly since I was 13. Rollins is full of shit.

2) You are absolutely correct on Audioslave. That band was purpose built to underwhelm. I listened to one of their tracks and tofu streamed through the speakers.

3) The "it can't rain all the time, dude" line cracked me up.

Enjoyed the episode though..

[Abraham Smashington]

1. The people under 30 who would care about Nirvana are the ones that would go back and listen to the bands that influenced the bands they liked. To say there wouldn't be any Nirvana Tshirts if he wasn't dead is silly. You could say the same about ANY band for the most part. Also the Rollins thing works in my case because I had some awesome uncles that got me into some music way earlier than I would have on my own. I basically listen to the same genres as I did back then. IT doesn't work for everyone.

2. THANK YOU. Fuck AudioSlave. SO HOARD.

Glad we at least made you laugh once.

[Captain Russ]

1. The people under 30 who would care about Nirvana are the ones that would go back and listen to the bands that influenced the bands they liked. To say there wouldn't be any Nirvana Tshirts if he wasn't dead is silly. You could say the same about ANY band for the most part. Also the Rollins thing works in my case because I had some awesome uncles that got me into some music way earlier than I would have on my own. I basically listen to the same genres as I did back then. IT doesn't work for everyone.

2. THANK YOU. Fuck AudioSlave. SO HOARD.

Glad we at least made you laugh once.

1.) The Rollins qualifier is ridiculously myopic. I concede the point that your tastes begin to take shape, as before then you are stuck listening to what your parents were listening to and had no say in the matter. GROWTH IS GOOD. This applies to your dick as much as your musical tastes and influences. To stagnate is to die on the vine. You dead as fuck son. D. E. D.

2.) When I first heard "Cochise" I thought it was badass. Now I know better.

CFC 3) Holy fuck you were getting into The Ders territory during this episode.

[B_Metal]

I'm not touching that Nirvana argument with a 12 foot pole.

AudioSlave had one half decent song and everything else was lame as fuck.

[Abraham Smashington]

Russ, what part of The Ders was I getting into? This episode is mostly a haze. I was fucking WASTED.

[Abraham Smashington]

Also, in regards to music, you guys like your stuff, I like mine. Do I think the majority of shit that is popular right now is shit? Yes. Do I hate most of the bands you like? Yes. IT's cool. BE COOL EVERYONE THIS A ROB-BERY.

[Captain Russ]

Russ, what part of The Ders was I getting into? This episode is mostly a haze. I was fucking WASTED.

That's what I mean. You were turning into The DERS.

The thing that made me think of it was probably when you went off describing a hypothetical annoying twat/audiophile.

[Abraham Smashington]

hahahah. WOODEN KNOBS TO REMOVE WOBBLE WOBBLE WOBBLEEE