UPDATE: Here's a book review.Another interview with Jeff Gordinier:
"As soon as Britney broke, a change took place. It was a rebellion against what I'd call rock 'n' roll values, in favor of blunt corporate values."
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It's true; as soon as that stuff broke back '98, '99, no one cared any more about new 'rock'-type bands, when a bunch of eager-to-please showbiz kids could be pimped out. I was in Birmingham, AL, at the time, which was a 'test market' for rock on the radio, and they sort of gave up on all new stuff but Korn and Limp Bizkit, and then things curdled into Gen-X nostalgia (they played early Lollapalooza-era 'hits,' Beastie Boys, and one song from Drivin'n'Cryin').
Gordinier's comments on 'High School Musical' are priceless...
Drivin-n-Cryin' - - nice call. Pretty good band.
The weird thing was everything seemed to end really, really quickly for Gen X music. Not surprisingly we've been stuck with the babyboomer recycle machine for years (The Eagles, The Stones, et cetera) as they toured throughout even this decade.
Yeah, the death knell was the 're-animated' Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. Classic Rock radio almost disappeared, and then it came back bigger than ever. Seriously, it's like someone on high said, "Look, Under-40 adult, you had your Nirvana and your Pearl Jam and your Soundgarden, but we haven't the time to find out if anyone else under 50 can make music. Here's some Aerosmith."
Aerosmith bah! I just saw an advertisement for the game Guitar Hero Aerosmith edition. I mean wtf? I though video games are played be the young and the not really young (i.e. me)?? Are that many under 40s going to wish to play Walk this Way?
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