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Re: Best Band? Buzz vs Lofton
I can understand not liking their early stuff, but I hope someday you can appreciate the growth and development they showed over a 6-7 year period and how much quality music they put out in that period of time.
Never in history has a band showed such progression. I'm not a massive Beatles fan but some of that later stuff is top notch. To go from that bubblegum pop crap and end on such a high note is insane. In the modern era it would be like a band going from having early hits like Hanson's Mmmbop then progressing to Soundgarden's Jesus Christ Pose. Unheard of, except that one time.
Re: Best Band? Buzz vs Lofton
My main issue with his band is its just cherry picked megastars with Dolenz. There's no method to the madness. Lennon/McCartney I get. A similar role in my band that Cornell/Shepherd would have. EVH with KEITH RICHARDS on rhythm? Cant even picture that under any circumstances. Richards is amazing but he wouldn't work in such a role. His role in the Stones for decades speaks for itself. He would NEVER give up such a leadership role and step aside to let EVH noodle all over his fretboard. Same with Eddie. When does he work with other guitarists not named EVH?? This band would go into a studio and hit a brick wall within two hours. Is it a good band on paper? Yes. A capable band able to actually record an album? No chance in hell. That major weakness there puts my band a few notches above his.
You can actually see the chemistry present in my lineup. Cornell/Shepherd for obvious reasons. Bucket can do anything but Justine's style(and Cornell's) would reign him in a bit and keep him grounded. Menza perfectly capable of holding his own in this band. Cornell on lead vocals with Justine doing a few songs and Shepherd doing one. My band could literally walk into a studio today and potentially have two albums ready to release within months.
How in the hell is he winning??
Because while your band is in the studio trying to create great music, mine is touring on the great music they already created.
Really, I get what you're saying, but there were no rules to building the band. They didn't have to work together or I would have gone a different route with a lot of the picks.
Re: Best Band? Buzz vs Lofton
buzzsaw wrote:I can understand not liking their early stuff, but I hope someday you can appreciate the growth and development they showed over a 6-7 year period and how much quality music they put out in that period of time.
Never in history has a band showed such progression. I'm not a massive Beatles fan but some of that later stuff is top notch. To go from that bubblegum pop crap and end on such a high note is insane. In the modern era it would be like a band going from having early hits like Hanson's Mmmbop then progressing to Soundgarden's Jesus Christ Pose. Unheard of, except that one time.
And they did it in less than half the time it took Axl to make CD.
Re: Best Band? Buzz vs Lofton
buzzsaw wrote:Because while your band is in the studio trying to create great music, mine is touring on the great music they already created.
So your band is on a nostalgia tour?
In that case, I should be winning this by a landslide.
I was making a joke while trying to hammer home the point that there are no rules to what the band has to do. If you think the band has to do new music, that's great. I think I'd have the advantage there too, but it doesn't matter. It can tour, it can just be your favorite musicians, it can be nothing.
Re: Best Band? Buzz vs Lofton
Here's the issue with what James has said about my band not being able to work together:
Paul McCartney is 70 years old. People still go out of their way to work with him or play a song with him at the Grammy's. People with huge egos all set that aside to work with one of the musicians that allowed them to do what they do and was an influence for them. Imagine Lennon and McCartney writing together in their prime. Are you going to tell me EVH, who can lay down a solo for MJ when he's at the top of his game and can suddenly be best buds with DLR, can't set aside his ego to work with John and Paul? Are you saying Richards would snub the guys that wrote The Stones first hit? Lennon-McCartney is pure gold, and everybody involved would know that.
So you take a Beatle song, give it a bit of a Stones riff and an EVH solo and you really think your band is going to put up something better than that? I don't see it.
