Agents of BOC's fortunes...

[Andy Gilham]

I still remember an interview circa 1980, when they said, of MIRRORS, they
were deliberately trying to produce their answer to Fleetwood Mac's
RUMOURS...

-- Andy

www.andygilham.com

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> Behalf Of Carl Edlund Anderson
> Sent: 27 January 2001 12:45
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> Subject: Re: Agents of BOC's fortunes...
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>
> At 11.43 -0400 26.1.2001, Ted Jackson jr. wrote:
> >Or, were they trying to shift gears?  But for what purpose?
>
> Well, I've assumed that they thought they would do well by becoming a
> guitar-pop band. I mean, it was the early 80s -- a time when a lot of
> people were deluded in terms of musical taste :) -- and Buck was
> always kinda of a pop-song person trapped in the body of a screaming
> rock guitarist. And, let's face it, pop success will make you a _lot_
> of money.
>
> On the other hand, it rarely brings you staying power. Bands that
> were less popular 30 years ago but hung on to a solid fan base and
> retained some critical acclaim must surely sell more records now than
> those who topped the charts for a few months and then sank without
> trace.
>
> My theory is that BOC wanted to expand their audience by going pop,
> but instead failed to get a new audience and destroyed the old one
> with some fairly poor records.
>
> IMO, they're still sufficiently well-respected that some solid
> recordings could regain them a measure of respect as elder statesmen
> of heavy rock who are actually still going strong. There are plenty
> of other people in that category who don't top the charts, but who
> fill sizeable concert halls, who sell quite good albums to a
> respectably sized and dedicated fan base, and can even get rock-fan
> kids to say "Hey, this is a pretty cool album" not that infrequently.
>
> Motorhead, obviously, come to mind ...  Alice Cooper, probably, and,
> well, a whole bunch of others.
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
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