World Cup of Maidenfans 2.0: Opening Round 30

[Black Wizard]

That's what I heard.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Maiden didn't have an official release until 1980(besides one demo in late 1979) and didn't even solidify their lineup until the 80's either.

Maiden formed in the mid-70's, as you know. Practically all of the material that would appear on Maiden's first two albums was written (& was being performed live) in the late 70's. The first demo, as you say, was recorded in 1978/79. I'm just saying this does not necessarily make them (although one might expect it to) a 70's band.

I understand what you're saying, but that doesn't exclude them from being lumped into movements in their respective time periods.

Why do you need to lump them into their respetive time periods? To me, Guns N' Roses are a band of the early 90's.

Nirvana formed in '87 and a vast majority of their music was released in the 90's

Nirvana: 1987 - 1994. Grunge started in the mid-1980's; just because it became commercially successfull in the early 90's, does not make it necessarily of the 90's.

Just because they are still active and releasing music doesn't really excuse that.

I'm not really thinking about whether bands are still active or not.

 

[Perun]

Why do you need to lump them into their respetive time periods? To me, Guns N' Roses are a band of the early 90's.

Re-read this and tell me what's wrong with this.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Re-read this and tell me what's wrong with this.

I'm just saying, if one was forced into pigeon-holing Guns N' Roses into a particular "era" --I'd personally label them 90's before 80's.

 

[Perun]

Which brings me back to my question - what is an 80s band?

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Sorry, I thought you were being glib. I don't know. The label doesn't really fit with too many bands.

 

[Perun]

You see, GNR to me represents both the late eighties and the early nineties. You can't always mark 'eras' with years or decades. The 'jungle' Axl Rose described in 1987 is the same town of the race riots in 1992. You can't tell me these five years are parts of entirely different eras.

 

[Black Wizard]

Which brings me back to my question - what is an 80s band?

I'm trying to figure out if being an "80s band" is supposed to be a bad thing.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

You see, GNR to me represents both the late eighties and the early nineties.

I'd agree.

You can't always mark 'eras' with years or decades.

Indeed, it's an arbitary line to draw.

The 'jungle' Axl Rose described in 1987 is the same town of the race riots in 1992. You can't tell me these five years are parts of entirely different eras.

Indeed, I cannot.

I basically agree with you Perun.

GnR has Appetite For Destruction, nothing else, and should've died along with the 80s.

I just didn't think this made much sense.

 

[Perun]

I basically agree with you Perun.

Well then.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Well...

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

...how do you like your coffee then?!

 

[Perun]

Black. Strong. No milk and no sugar.

 

[The Flash]

That thing tastes like poison to me. Not that I ever tasted poison.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

That thing tastes like poison to me. Not that I ever tasted poison.

So what you're saying is that coffee tastes like poison, but you have no evidence that poison tastes like coffee?

 

[Perun]

You're poison running through my veins...

 

[Ariana]

You can find poison in coffee but you can't find coffee in poison.

 

[Black Wizard]

So what you're saying is that coffee tastes like poison, but you have no evidence that poison tastes like coffee?

Perhaps he's saying that you can taste poison in black coffee but you can't taste black coffee in poison.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I think he's saying you should have it with milk.