BOC/OFF: Repercussion of a bad musical trip

[Hall, Russell J]

When did Serpent come out? asks the proud owner of 'Equinox'.

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> From:         Stephen Swann[SMTP:swann at PLUTONIA.COM]
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> Sent:         Wednesday, March 17, 1999 10:34 AM
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> Subject:      Re: BOC/OFF: Repercussion of a bad musical trip
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> Bolts of Ungodly Vision writes:
> >
> > a fascination with the Moody Blues/Styx--Ah, that it. they're
> > "semi-refined" rockers in a wanna-be-progressive way that is like the
> > Monekess wanting to be rock and rollers schtick(?).
>
> Actually they're a bunch of kids from Chicago who accidentally hit the
> big time.  They wrote a hell of a lot of good rock-n-roll (which
> you'll never have heard, because I seriously doubt that you've even
> *met* anybody who owns a copy of "Serpent" or "Equinox").  Then they
> got carried away with their own success, and started getting into
> artsy, overblown concept albums in the late 70s/early 80s.  They made
> really big fools of themselves, and they've never lived it down.
>
> Anyway, feel free to continue with the big Styx bashing festival.
> They're a *real* easy target, so I'm sure you'll all get in lots of
> good, stinging put downs that will show everyone on the list just how
> clever you are.  :-)
>
> Steve
> swann at plutonia.com
>