PRESTON@MOREKYPR.BITNET (02/28/90)
I hope you still have that asbestos suit handy, Overseer... :)
OK, Overseer... I can handle you trying to get in a personal dig at
(you-know who... I won't say 'cause *I* don't wanna pull his chain, either),
but implying that solo artists are somehow lessened in talent because they
don't stay with one band for the length of their career is the single most
unintelligent remark I've ever known you to make. Would you group Mr. Joe
Satriani in that group of "homeless gods", too? Does he need a REAL band?
Of course not... if he tours, he tours with a band, like just about anyone
else. If he doesn't use the same musicians time and time again, does that
somehow make his music worse, or less legitimate?
The same goes for Holdsworth. He records with a band (although I don't
know what a REAL band is, so I don't know if you would consider them REAL),
and tries to tour with the same musicians that appear on any given album.
You might not care about Allan Holdsworth or his music, but it may surprise
you to know that many (i.e. a whole *bunch*) of metal guitar players consider
him to be one of the best guitarists around. That doesn't mean that you
would necessarily like his playing, but unless you hear it, you'll never
know, eh?
That's the main reason *I* joined this list... to hear other people's
opinions about music I *haven't* heard, and to share with those interested
my thoughts on music that *they* haven't heard that I have. After all, it's
a better way to find new music than subscribing to Rolling Stone and reading
those spoon-fed, industry manipulated reviews that they are so fond of
printing, wouldn't you agree? You seem too intelligent to think of this
list as nothing more than a back-patting forum for people who like only
the kinds of music that you do. So, do me a favor and try to widen your
scope a bit... you won't like all the music discussed here, but you might
be surprised at the things you *will* like, if you'll only take the time
to listen to them... I sure was.
"n.n."