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I went to the Backyard Babies web site and listended to their tunes (yeah, I actually clicked on the "Sounds" link).
After listening to them, I concluded that the reason the BB's play shithole bars is because their music is totally derivative and really pretty boring, either that or they have a pretty suck ass manager.
At their best, they couldn't even touch the one hit band Sweet, with their one hit song "Ballroom Blitz", either on musicianship or production values, let alone AC/DC and Social Distortion - both of whom make kick ass albums and deliver kick ass concerts...I've seen both of them several times (including AC/DC with Bon Scott).
I'm not sure why you think I watch MTV, because I haven't for a very long time, although MTV actually used to help launch many an unknown band with such shows as 120 Minutes back in the day, but I have long since given up on MTV as anything but a tool for the corporate music industry.
I was a working musician for a very long time, and have played guitar for over 30 years (and continue to play daily). I applaud real musicians. I hate all of the lip-synching, and most of the over-produced sampled crap that is produced and passed off as music these days by the music industry.
That doesn't mean I have to wave a flag for every unknown band in the world who claims to have not sold out simply because they have never made it big. I have never bought into the hipper than thou attitude.
One reason many bands do not make it big is because they really are not that good. Like I said, I was in the music biz for many years (the only biz dirtier than the porn biz) - long enough to know that not wanting to make it big is usually a cop out.
I'm sure Backyard Babies would instantly break up if one of their songs/albums was actually picked up in the U.S. and they became popular. They would never stoop so low as to offer Social Distortion or that popular MTV act, AC/DC a place on their bill, simply for artistic integrity reasons.
The bottom line for me is dig who you like, if you think Backyard Babies is the greatest band of all time, then hey, by all means support them. However, don't automatically dismiss it if others do not agree.
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