And whats more, many pubs, yes pubs, wouldnt let you in unless you wore £10 Topman trousers.

I think U2, one of the most successful bands in the history of music will disagree with you.

I think when you look back at an era gone by, you remember the bands who had lasting appeal (hence why you remember them) and forget about the throwaway pop bands that existed at the time.

Someone earlier mentioned N-Dubz and Chipmunks. Do you honestly think they'll be remembered in 20 years time when people look back?

Every era has had good bands and on the trail of them good bands are crap bands with less talent but manufactured to have instant appeal and shift lots of units over a short period of time.

I think your favourite era is whatever you are into in your teens.
That is how it was for me anyway.
I like lots of stuff that comes out these days (not chart stuff) but because I have less time to listen to it and the fact I get a lot more music nowadays (thanks to downloading), I listen to an album, enjoy it and then move on to the next one.

Back in the early 90's when I was a teenager, I was a massive Guns N Roses fan and still to this day know every single lyric to every song on all of their albums.
I don't think I know the lyrics to any songs that I like these days.

Good choice re Genesis MKC. Never really got Yes (apart from the Yes Album).
Slightly o/t re Rock Band on a Saturday Night. Old Slap 'ead Collins must win best drummer (with Moon a close second). Always thought Bonzo Bonham was a bit over rated. There's more to drumming than smacking them as hard as you can. Cue the Zep fans backlash

You lucky ......, MKC. My first gig of their's was '82 (I was 13). The tour you mention is now my new Avatar. It's still (imo) the best live album of all time. Agree with your Collins comments (although his first 3 albums had some tracks on, which are fantastic), he's known to the majority of people as a balladeer - shame really.

With regards to the poll for best drummer, I'm shaking my head as to why there's no Neil Peart (known as the drummers drummer). Mind you, if you look at the judges, we have such informed people as Johnathon Ross to thank for that.

correct Adam and the Antz produced some of their best stuff in 1979 Car trouble and Zerox were a couple of their finest songs sadly after 1981 it went rapidly down hill ...Stand and deliver while a favourite of mine and a good enough song started him (Adam ant) on the way to the selling of his soul....
and when they released Prince Charming which was awful (a rip off of a rolf Harris "classic"...!!! ) the end was nigh
it did however go straight to number one but the death knell had been sounded in my opinion, then we had to endure stuff like Ant Rap and Puss in boots .....so sad....

I have a vivid memory from around 1978/79 of being dragged round Chester by my mum to do some shopping, and I saw my first proper punks, chains, big mohicans, the works they were quite scary at the time, and I saw one with "adam and the antz" studded into the back of his leather jacket, i remember thinking that must be a cool band, I bet a couple of years later that punk had re arranged the studs to make a different bands name....

I cannot stand Phil flipppin Collins, he makes my blood boil.

The best news i heard last year was that he was hanging his sticks up because drumming was hurting his back.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

he does my nut in

"a bombardment of the most unsubtle, one-dimensional noise"
is a quote I liked when someone described there biggest hit....

yeah they are a group of young kids making a band but they arent my cup of tea, and so far removed from What Stuart Adamson was its untrue...


The Kooks may have been a better example for you.

re that show on BBC, anyone who can claim Jack White as a top guitarist has ZERO and I mean ZERO credibility. Just an excuse for people to get nostalgic.

Bruford was one of the "talking heads" in the doc., but from what I remember he wasn't in the list (Collins, Bonham, Moon, Copeland, Baker, Mitchell, Ullrich and a couple of others, the list is on the Radio 2 website). Think it's Tezzerwolf (sp) that's got Wind & Wuthering as his Avatar.

Gazmeister, not very nice to hear that the "best news you've heard all year" is a guy's in considerable pain, that he's had to give up something he's brilliant at.
Do you laugh at rugby players injurys?
Some of his solo stuff is poor, but I'd wager you've never heard his Genesis input (drumming), except stuff that's got into the charts/had radio airplay, or you wouldn't make such a crass comment.

To be honest, from what I've seen of the series, it's a bit of a love-in for Led Zep (understandable) and Nirvana (??? do me a favour- they're OK, BUT COME ON)

Im gonna go against all popular grain and say.. I dont see the big fuss with Led Zep.
Maybe it's because 'I wasn't there' but they just dont do it for me

Fair play to you, Dico. As long as you've made the effort to give them a chance, and you've made your own mind up.
It annoys me when people say they are into bands, just because they are perceived to be "cool".

The one thing that really p155e5 me off with music is the term "guilty pleasure". Just enjoy the song/artist, and to hell with what other people/"the music police" say.