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Revival 526 first batch of music reviews

After the release of Glory to Death’s first album "Almost Fame", the attention of the media can be expected. After all, the band’s nearly five-month road tour has already created a topic, and Hugo, the lead singer of the band, has even more Relying on "Schindler's List" became the hottest topic figure at the end of 1993.

From this perspective, the band’s first album is naturally the focus of many people’s attention. Even if the band chose to make their first official debut at an independent record store in Berkeley, Amoeba Music attracted more than 30 people. This is evident when the reporter arrived at the scene to report.

However, after the release of the album "Almost Fame", it caused a general media reaction of a volcanic eruption. This was unexpected to everyone. Hundreds of reports and radio programs discussed the rhythm three times a day. Almost the popularity of the album "Nearly Fame" has almost'matched' the violent Jewish reaction caused by "Schindler's List" in the recent period. This is definitely an unpredictable situation.

It must be traced back to the first batch of music critics "almost famous".

After "Almost Fame" was released on Thursday, due to the high level of attention, two music reviews appeared at the same time on Friday. The two music reviews come from two magazines, "Rotation" and "Alternative Choice (.press.

These two magazines can be said to be pioneer magazines for alternative music. "Zhizhuan" has now become the most representative magazine in independent music, and its sales can even compete with "Rolling Stone"; and "alternative choice". It was founded in Ohio in 1985. This magazine focuses on **** rock and includes a large number of alternative rock, pop punk, and metal core underground bands. Each issue of the magazine contains interviews, photos, and photos of underground bands. Mainly works.

The main subscription group of "Alternative Choice" is loyal rock enthusiasts. It is more professional and niche than "Zhizhuan". The music category of "Zhizhuan" also includes hip-hop, reggae, country and other different music types, so Although they all focus on indie music, alternative music, and underground music, the subscription groups of the two have "acquaintances" and differences.

These two magazines, which were also founded in 1985, became huge competitors after their establishment. "Alternative Choice" has a higher prestige among **** rock fans. Its sales are mainly concentrated on the West Coast, and the East Coast market is very sluggish; "Rotation" is simply not as powerful as "alternative choice" in the field of rock and roll. , But it focuses on a wider range of music genres and has become an idol-level publication in the independent music industry. Its insistence on alternative music is also different from the conservative and popular "Rolling Stone", which makes the magazine indispensable for loyal music fans. Superseding existence

Obviously, the two magazines themselves are direct competitors, but the current "alternative options" are still limited to the West Coast and among rock enthusiasts, and the "rotational" market has been fully'flowered' throughout North America, even for some Popular music lovers, as long as they are interested in indie music, will pay attention to this magazine.

This time, the first batch of "almost fame" music reviews detonated the competition between "rotation" and "alternative". Obviously, the two magazines hold very different views on this album.

The music critic Vincent Brook (.) who uses "dislike" or "hate" to describe "alternative choices" is not enough for the "almost fame" album. The adjective he chose is "hate." "And also added three overlapping adverbs "Shifen" in front of this adjective.

"I hate this album, I hate this album very, very very very much!" This is the first sentence of Vincent's music review for "Almost Fame", which is shocking.

"When the grunge rock represented by the Nirvana band went mainstream, all bands began to imitate the trend, which made rock music gradually lose its vitality, and it was only revived in three years. Rock and roll seems to have come to an end again. Under such circumstances People are eager to find a new breakthrough. Only by breaking the shackles of the style represented by Nirvana can rock continue to develop.

This is a fact.

But this does not mean that the band can be'chaotic', because the music woven casually with guitar strings is not rock, it may be country; because the music played casually with the keyboard is not rock, it may be blues; because the formation of a The complete band is not rock, it may be pop. The reason why rock is called rock is that rock has the enlightening connotation of the spirit and the essence of the whole era. At the same time, it must have a fascinating and exciting melody. Unforgettable and moving lyrics! Not all music can be turned into rock, because rock is rock, irreplaceable rock!

When a band has no technical single guitar performance, no complicated arrangements, or even a distinctive personal style, can this band be called a rock band? No, of course not! Then this Can a song played by a band be called rock? Absolutely not!

The album "Almost Fame", dedicated to the death of glory, is just like that.

After joining the ridiculous keyboard player, this makes the style of the band break away from the gorgeous and heavy metal rock, leaving only the simple and funny as a circus, so that the gripping guitar strings are mixed with tender and watery keyboard sounds. After that, the song became a clown in Disneyland with balloons wandering around-not only ridiculous, but also boring.

If the band only made this mistake, then it can be forgiven, but the album "Almost Fame" is much more than that. There are several great songs in the album that can be a classic, "Don't be annoyed by the past (...in.anger), "Second Chance (), etc., but these songs are all by a "second-rate actor" Knitting became a joke.

"Don't worry about the past" simplified the melody and turned it into a vulgar popular song that only relied on the guitar and keys; the hard rock style of "Second Chance" was reduced to the ignorance and boring of street performers. The noise; the strong British style of "Nothing" is only played with monotonous guitar strings, making it look like a downcast and bald old man on Broadway who will never be able to qualify for stage performance...

These songs all have the potential to become a "color" song, "Don't worry about the past" if you can replace the cheap keyboard sound with the combination of guitar and bass; "Second Chance" if you can join the guitar as a performance, Increase the momentum of the chorus part; "Nothing" If the melody can be arranged more complex and gorgeous...... These songs will suddenly become a new rock song. but……

Glory to death obviously wanted to distinguish themselves from the style of Nirvana, but their attempt was so bad that they distinguished themselves from rock and roll. Now Glory to death is neither hard rock. , It’s not metal rock, even if they hang the name of alternative rock, but they can not change the fact that they have lost the soul of rock.

Even if the album contains the only-the first "Lithium( which can be called rock and roll. This song is the band’s closest approach to rock in four minutes and fifteen seconds. This song has the gorgeous and raging metal rock, and it also has With a profound and wide-ranging mindset, as well as the band’s attempts at brand-new music genres, it can be regarded as a breath of fresh air in the rock field where the Nirvana band dominates the world.

But this song cannot save the entire album, nor can it save the band.

Hugo Lancaster, the lead singer who has created a glorious song, but his job is an actor, which is even more absurd than a tiger jumping through the ring of fire. He completely insults rock and roll. It also makes the rock full of **** and thoughts become the assembly line product of popular business, which is not worth mentioning!

Under Hugo’s handcrafted creation, this glorious album was completely reduced to pop music. They abandoned their faith in order to please the audience. Most of the tracks in the album are arranged in a concise and clear style. Seeking the recognition of the audience, compared to the cumbersome and gorgeous grunge rock arrangements, the arrangement of the songs in "Almost Fame" is completely at the level of nursery rhymes, which undoubtedly can attract more listeners' attention.

Maybe those vulgar young people who don’t know anything about rock will buy the album and listen to it when they see the word “rock”. The easy-to-understand melody is very pleasing, which allows their music to spread quickly, even To win them more audiences who don't know rock and roll.

But they can't deceive us, nor can they deceive themselves. The music they make is not rock and roll at all. It can only be said that they are degenerates who have sold their souls to commercial trends!

When technology is no longer important, an open and concise structure will only obliterate the "essence" of rock and roll; when thinking is no longer important, the cry of being close to the masses and life will only be reduced to nonsense of disease-free groaning; when it is not an arranger No matter how important, the popular and catchy melody will only gradually assimilate rock into a melody without a'sexual'-it can't even be called music!

This is a disaster! Glory to death, such a band that can’t find a position at all~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don’t want to use the sacred word'rock' to describe this band, because it is one thing for rock and roll. Kind of insult.

Full of roaring, aggressive ‘sexual’, masculine, full of noisy metal style, gorgeous and dazzling arrangements interspersed with hearty guitar performance, this is the true meaning of rock and roll. But all of this disappeared in the body of glory to death. The glorious and self-proclaimed new music style is a humiliation and raging to the entire rock music. This kind of music is regarded as a classic masterpiece by those media. This is simply a depraved behavior. Perhaps, rock is really going to perish again. Up.

So, I hate this album, and I hate this band even more!"

Vincent simply criticized "almost fame" in a perfect way, and hated the glory to death. This extreme critical attitude also represents the always strong and sharp attitude of "alternative choice"; but it is the same. Corresponding to this is a completely different point of view in "Rotation" magazine.

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