Chapter 532 532 Almost Famous
The "Fine Noodle Event" of Guns and Roses is a very special album with profound historical significance.
Guns and Roses released two albums at the same time, "Use Your Fantasy i (u Color. Tempting r.illion.i)" and "Use Your Fantasy i (u Color. Tempting r.illion.ii)" in September 1991. As soon as these two albums were released, they won the first and second place in the Billboard album rankings, and once again staged the miracle of two albums winning the first and second place at the same time. At the same time, the band also reached the highest peak in the band's history with these two albums.
After the promotion of these two albums, Guns and Roses began a world tour for nearly two years. During this tour, the band’s inspiration for the inspiration for the band Izzy Stradilin (izzy.stradlin) announced that he had left Guns and Roses because he was not used to the fatigue of large-scale world tours. As it turned out, the departure of the rhythm guitarist had been fatal to Guns and Roses, because the band did not create any good songs, let alone an album.
Just as the world tour of Guns and Roses continued, a historic album hit the Billboard rankings, which is Nirvana's "Don't mind". The blow that Nirvana brought to the entire pop music industry was completely and deadly. They completely buried the era of rock and roll. The grunge they advocated made all mainstream rock bands look like clowns and have no thoughts and souls. Even Guns and Roses, who were still at their peak in the first half of 1992, could not escape the impact of Nirvana.
In the end, "Use Your Fantasy i" and "Use Your Fantasy ii" gradually became unable to do the billboard, and at this time, Guns and Roses were still tired of conducting endless world tours. When the band's tour finally ended, the world had already become another appearance, and the grunge led by Nirvana and Pearl Sauce is the mainstream of the entire society.
The "Fine Noodles Incident" is the starting point of the true decline of Guns and Roses. The band hopes to turn the world around by releasing this Punk cover album. Although the album has received many praises, it has no choice but to lack the existence of the band's creative soul. The band's spirituality inevitably disappears, not to mention the violent impact of grunge on the entire traditional market. Therefore, the "Fine Noodles Incident" has become a witness to the irreversible decline of Guns and Roses. After that, the band fell apart and broke apart. In the next three years, the band has been ineffective, and the Guns and Roses has been in name only.
Therefore, the "Fine Noodles Incident" was airborne in the Billboard Hall in the first week of its release, but this achievement is of no value to Guns and Roses.
Putting aside the Billboard album rankings, looking at the rock category rankings alone, the top six albums in the second week of December came from Pearl Sauce, Mitt-Lauf, Guns and Rose, Glory to Death, Broken Pumpkin and Nirvana.
Among them, putting aside the internal and external troubles of Nirvana, the sales of the "Inside the Uterine" album were surpassed by its direct competitor Pearlsauce, not to mention it. For the current top six albums, Mitt-Lauf has always been an alien in rock, and his music has been an alternative route since 1977; Pearlsauce and Nirvana represent important forces at the peak of grunge; Glory to Death and Broken Pumpkin represent post-rock forces that try to break the grunge's dominant power.
There are only guns and roses. They represent traditional hard rocks that have continued since the 1960s. This traditional force has fallen far behind the pace of the times. They can no longer understand the grunge dynasty. Now another wave of reform trend represented by Glory to Death and Broken Pumpkin has arrived, which has caused Guns and Rose to suddenly fall to the bottom after their peak period. The huge gap has also created more intense contradictions within the band.
The decline of guns and roses also further reflects the strength of pearl sauce and nirvana, and at the same time, it also makes glory to death and the rise of broken pumpkins more obvious.
The "Almost Fame" of Glory to Death was released for 110,000 in the first week and 190,000 in the next week. The climbing speed was really terrifying, and it also allowed people to see the strength of alternative rock coming together. In 1991, the entire music industry witnessed the epic change brought by the Nirvana band "Don't Mind". Now this change has only been two years, and another wave of change of dynasty has come again.
Compared to the crushed pumpkin, the music of glory to death is closer to the development trend of the times. The mixture of popular, hardcore, electronic, punk, British, metal, and garbage in their music makes rock music more diverse and more intimate. This also makes the album "Almost Fame" quickly accepted by the majority of listeners with the hot discussion, and sales nearly doubled the next week. This is the best proof.
1993 was a magical year, and rock albums ushered in a full-scale outbreak this year. In addition to pearl sauce, Nirvana, crushed pumpkins, guns and roses, Mitt Laufer, there are also goatskin bands and radio commanders that have long appeared in the public eye. There are also a lot of bands and albums worth mentioning.
"Automatic.for.the.people" released by the Blink of the Band in January, and "Gold.against.the.soul" released by the Manic Street Evangelist (manic.street.preachers).
Cabernet released "Everyone can do it, what can't we do? (every waved.el color.is.doingit, so.why.can’t.we?)" by Queens guitarist Brian May (brain.may) in February.
David Bowie released "Black Tie White Noise" in April, "Black.tie.white.noi" by Smith Spaceship (Aeros Fans) in April, "Get.a.g Day P)" by Tool Band in April, "Undertow" by Tool.
"Modern Life is Trash" released by the Blot Band in May, "Part of Life" by p.j. Harvey also released by the Blot Band in May, and "Astorm.in.heaven" by the Dirty Band in June.
The u2 band released "zooropa" in July, Bjork's "debut" in July, Bob Dylan's "world.gone.wrong" in October, and the "defend" in October.
All of these albums are works that have left their mark on music history. If you want to discuss those rock works that are not well-made, there are countless, but even so, this batch of albums alone is enough to present a gorgeous scene of blooming flowers in 1993.
Among them, there are many bands like Shen Yun, Cabernet, Bjork that are amazing when they debuted for the first time, as well as the Stainless Band, the Goatskin Band, which rely on a classic album to support the sky, as well as the Blink Band, the Blink Band, the old rock musicians like Smith Spaceship, and Bob Dylan. It can be said that excellent rock albums have emerged throughout the year, and the three generations of old, middle-aged and young have contributed their decisive works.
There are some outstanding bands who have not released new albums, but are still active on the tour stage, ac/dc band, rolling stone band, metal band, Bonjovi, and Green Day band, all performed wonderful performances, which also made the whole year full of rock and roll.
As grunge is popular, the impact of alternative rocks such as Shen Yun Band, Goatskin Band, Stain Band, Cabernet Band, Radio Commander, U2 Band, Manic Street Missionist, Bjork, Radio Commander and other alternative rocks have gradually shown their power. This also proves the accurate speculation of "q Magazine" on the changes in the entire music trend.
In addition, the British rock forces represented by the Goatskin and the Stained Band have risen strongly, forming a preliminary confrontation with the American rock forces represented by the Nirvana and Pearl Sauce. The emergence of the new generation of American rock forces such as the Pumpkin Band and Tool Band has also added weight to the confrontation between the two music countries across the Atlantic.
In this rock wave, the appearance of glory to death is undoubtedly powerful and particularly special.
Glory to Death is different from any alternative rock band. Their musical style is difficult to explain in a unified way. From a general perspective, Glory to Death is similar to the rise of a group of British rocks such as Goatskin, Stained Band, Shen Yun Band, but they also have the blood of American rock, which makes the band's style overturn the fixed thinking brought by current grunge in a direct and brave way, thus triggering earthquake-like discussions in the entire American rock industry.
As a new generation of bands, the music style proposed by Honor to Death is undoubtedly unique. More importantly, this band's exploration of the rock spirit has risen to a new level. From the formation of the band to the soul of the band, from the actions of the band to the music of the band, it can be clearly seen that the ideological innovation and progress of this generation who received education in the 1970s and 1980s: the fusion of ethnic culture, the turmoil and changes in the post-World War II era, the violent impact of the national economy, and the unpredictable international political situation. Honor to Death deeply engraves the imprint of the era deep in the soul of the band, forming a strong impact force.
In the history of the United States, two completely different cultures were formed using World War II as the dividing line. People born in the 1950s were relatively stable and were called "the quiet generation"; followed by the baby boomers, who pursued freedom of thought and sex. Liberation was the creator of modern American economic prosperity and the experience of rock glory. This generation can continue from the 1960s to the early 1970s, which is also the most mature generation in the entire American culture at present. As of the end of the glorious rock glory, this generation was called "the x generation", a typical individualist, and is also considered lazy, lacking a sense of responsibility and enterprising spirit.
All members of the glory to death are baby boomers. They grew up in rock and roll and experienced the baptism of the hippie movement. Their thoughts and spirits have strong characteristics of the times, which also makes their music integrate a large amount of ideological liberation, breaking the stereotypes, embracing the breakthrough spirit of freedom, and also have the vague characteristics of the X generation, not afraid of difficulties and rebelliousness.
Chapter completed!