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Nine-Inch Nails
Nine-inch nails are supposed to be some important band right. Can someone remind me why? This cd surely does not. Mister Reznor please step away from the computer and put something human in your noise (for it is surely not music). The fake drum sound sucks and then just becomes irritating. Switching from one computer key to another is not genius its just laziness. And by the way your lyrics suck. ½

Rush
This is a rush cd. No other band sounds like them so from note one to the conclusion there is no escaping that this is Rush. The musicianship is great, as you would expect. But there are no truly stand out tracks on this cd. Rush has penned some truly memorable song throughout their career but as this continues to play nothing makes one say wow. Or is even memorable after the listening is over. 2.5

Replacements
It is a shortly after this cd was released that I got to see The Replacements in a club so I have a fondness for this cd. I challenge anyone to find me an artist (except the Beatles) who had a string of three cd’s as great as Let it Be, Tim, and Please to Meet Me. It was the pinnacle of Paul Westeberg’s song writing, it was a band that hit its stride and went with it, even as one member was self-destructing. Now Please to Meet Me is the weakest of the three cds. I personally hold the song Alex Chilton responsible for the Replacements need to write another pop single rather than just great songs. Thus to this day I still skip over it. (And bands that need to play a Replacement cover, and many should, choose another song) Otherwise there is not a week song on the cd. The guitar is raw and riffy, the bass and drums driving, and the occasional horn section a nice touch. The ballads are nice, and The Ledge is the definition of epic. 4.5 PS Anyone who uses the term the Mats in their review is a pompous prick who is just trying to show off by making it seem that they know the band better because they can call the band by a nickname.

Get up Kids
Didn’t get a lot of time to listen. Liked the first song. Second song was rehashed afghan Whigs. Third song was great. Oh shit here comes the rest of the emo. Not horrible but at times really repetitious. This band seems like it has the chops and ideas to be a lot better than the formula the settle for. Track 13, track 16,19,



Topic
What I find more interesting is how few great bands there are that have a great catalog after being around for 10-15 years.


Still Good
U2
Iron Maiden

Go away
Rod Stewart (should have retired 20 years ago)
Any of the following bands that are supposedly reuniting for another tour i.e.
Chicago, America, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc