Erin The Great

Happy Friday to all! Today is what I like to refer to as ‘Butt Rock’ Friday. ‘Butt Rock’ Friday is when I annoy my fellow co-workers with my Butt Rock playlist on my iTunes. My wonderful playlist consists of Def Leopard, Motley Crue, Warrant, KISS, White Snake, Twisted Sister, AC/DC, Eddie Money, Bon Jovi, Van Halen and Poison. Pretty much the best line-up of sweet melodic melodies you can find…. until we start talking about the Classic Rock genre of course…

I don’t understand why Butt Rock had to die… There they were, talking about drugs, sex and rock n roll and then bands like nirvana had to come around and talk about ‘real’ issues. Don’t get me wrong, I like Nirvana like the next person but I like avoiding reality sometimes which is why I like my 80’s hair bands.

The very interesting thing about the 80’s bands is that their hair may have been huge and long, but they could with out a doubt beat the crap out of some of the band members nowadays like Pete Wentz, Justin Timberlake, just about any Backstreet Boy, the Jonas Brothers… ooh ooh Hanson… Oh my gosh! That would be amazing to watch.

Looking at most of the bands of today or ‘Boy Bands’ (the above mentioned) as I like to call them, I have to sigh at how young, slim and overly girly they look… and then I think back to my hair bands or ‘Man Bands’ if you will and just shake my head and sigh. They never wore shirts onstage (so we know they were ripped), even if they wore makeup, they didn’t look girly. ‘Man Bands’ could undoubtedly beat the crap out of the ‘Boy Band’ members of recent years as well as today. I can see it now… White Snake Vs Hanson or Bon Jovi Vs N’sync… How about Motley Crue Vs The Jonas Brothers… Those would be worthy of front row seats at the MGM Grand!

I wanna rock! ROCK!