BOC/OFF: Repercussion of a bad musical trip

[Stephen Swann]

Bolts of Ungodly Vision writes:
>
> a fascination with the Moody Blues/Styx--Ah, that it. they're
> "semi-refined" rockers in a wanna-be-progressive way that is like the
> Monekess wanting to be rock and rollers schtick(?).

Actually they're a bunch of kids from Chicago who accidentally hit the
big time.  They wrote a hell of a lot of good rock-n-roll (which
you'll never have heard, because I seriously doubt that you've even
*met* anybody who owns a copy of "Serpent" or "Equinox").  Then they
got carried away with their own success, and started getting into
artsy, overblown concept albums in the late 70s/early 80s.  They made
really big fools of themselves, and they've never lived it down.

Anyway, feel free to continue with the big Styx bashing festival.
They're a *real* easy target, so I'm sure you'll all get in lots of
good, stinging put downs that will show everyone on the list just how
clever you are.  :-)

Steve
swann at plutonia.com