[Straight Vermonter]

When John Bonham died and Led Zeppelin quit as a group, hard rock (what was left of it) turned into heavy metal and the crappy big hair bands of the 1980's.

Let's not forget the many awful bands who believe faster=better.

My favorites range from the old time blues numbers off their first album

I really love the blue inspired stuff with the heavy baseline. The more mellow "California sound" songs fall far short of the bluesy songs.

[uglybiker]

Let's not forget the many awful bands who believe faster=better.

Let's not forget the mindless screaming+better bunch.

It's not even rythmic screaming anymore. It's just ..... screaming.

I'm convinced that most of 'em get their inspiration by eating several jars of sliced jalepenos and wait until they have to answer nature's call.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

(knock on the bathroom door) Dude! That was great! Let's put it on the next album!