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Originally Posted by CamChicks
Isn't "rock" supposed to be rebellious / revolutionary ? What do you do at a Rush concert ?
I've been to a lot of concerts, and for the most part they were just musical experiences; entertaining enough, but that's all. OTOH, if you were at one Marilyn Mansons shows at the start of the tour supporting AntiChrist Superstar... you got the impression a war was brewing. (it's a shame he changed direction for the hollywood coke rockstar bs)
I voted for GWAR half-jokingly.. the GWAR world is it's own universe and they're more of a comic-book than a real band. Still, they're good musicians who write fun/obscene songs and there's noone I'd rather go see live. Their crowds are the most violent, and their stage shows the sickest. No other band will shower you in blood piss and semen then feed you to a giant vaginal worm. No other band will raise Jerry Garcia from the dead just to kill him again. No other band will have sex on stage with dead children. No other band has a 20ft crack-addicted dinosaur. 
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So is rock only defined by psychos like GG Allin?
I mean rock should defy standards and it's very existence or birth was a smack in the face to existing concepts of propriety... but does that mean that rock should be about eating your own feces?
GWAR rocks, so does Bad Brains and Pearl Jam and Bob Dylan. None of them had to defy all standards or measures of acceptability to Rock...
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