Plight of The Black Rocker

[Barry Obama]

fishbone...

[phoondaddy]

"Chocolate Reign"

[Manuel]

Bloc Party?

[art chantry]

arthur lee (and Love).

he defined so much about what was cool in rock. he almost completely forgotten today. he defined hip psych/punk los angeles rock in the mid sixties. ultra cool, really crazy dude. brilliant.

without arthur lee, no hendrix, no punk, no funk, no sly, no doors, no nuttin'.

[Grzeca]

Drag City put out the DEATH record. It is amazing. Made around the same time the MC5 were doing their thing. Art, you would love it.

[crosshair]

Originally Posted by Barry Obama

lets see...rock....and... roll.....

chuck berry
little richard
screamin jay hawkins
fats domino
hendrix
arthur lee and love
bad brains
living colour
body count
lenny kravitz
sly and the family stone...do they count? they rocked pretty good.
War? do they count as rock?

Lenny Kravitz does not count as rock, and has no place anywhere near that list.


He is an alien from planet suck, who writes ad jingles.

[dspring]

Um... Phil Lynott... Thin Lizzy...

[loco]

It's all kind of silly if you trace back where rock has it's roots

I think people in general try to find a place to put music styles and kind of
put things into catagories. I'm talking more mainstream things like the lame ass grammies or radio in general. You don't have any stations that play new stuff unless it's backed by alot of money. I like music no matter what style it is. I'm all over the place.
I just got into Mile Davis, even though I have know about him for years.
I do understand trying to make it in the music industry on your own terms. It's very, very very hard. You either have to sell some of your soul or bust your ass and never stop.

There was a local band from fresno called knucklehead back in the late eighties. All black dudes except the drummer and they flat out kicked ass

It was like a punch in the face

-loco

[RichieGoodtimes]

Stone Vengeance!

[RichieGoodtimes]