Stephen King and Axl Rose

[BenDrinking49]

Hey all,

I am currently reading the new Stephen King book "Duma Key". I am about 3/4 of the way through the book and I think it's really good so far. The book takes place in Florida, and SK mentions that the protagonist listens to a classic rock station called ?The Bone? (It?s funny, cause we have a radio station here in the Bay Area called ?The Bone?). But I digress. The main character in the book has already mentioned "Welcome to the Jungle" as one of the songs he was listening to, and has also made reference to Axl Rose a couple of times..

I know King is a GNR fan and I think that it?s cool that he still remembers GNR and includes them in his writings. I have one question though. Since when has GNR become classic rock? I thought classic rock was Led Zeppelin and Lynyad Skynard (sp?). Is GNR really that old that they can be considered Classic Rock? What do you think?

Anyways, if you see the book at the book stores, pick it up. Like I said, it's a good read (So far).



 

[jarmo]

I guess rock becomes classic as soon as a wider audience recognizes the artist and some time has passed....

Seems like 15 years is more than enough to make bands classic.






/jarmo

[Smokey]

I supose that todays mainstream bands like my chemical romance, fallout boy etc are considered rock when infact they are simply emo, and well.... pop music. And since the dumbass posur emos dont want to be labeld emos they label themselves rockers (when infact they most likely dont listen to real rock like zeppelin) cause yano rockers are cool not that rockers label themselves rockers if yano what im sayin?
So basically because in this generation the term/genre of rock has been pissed all over real rock cant be described as rock anymore it has to be seperated and made 'classic rock'

Does that make sense?
By the way I was watching kerrang the other day and they had this chart top 100 rock artists OF ALL TIME, so youd imagine bands like zeppelin, aerosmith, guns, sabbath, metallica, beatles, the stones would all be in the top ten and contenders for no 1, MCR were no1 now isnt that just a fucking disgrace... How could a shitty emo band that has been 'big' for 3/4 yeras be better the the aforementioned bands??

[Axl4Prez2004]

Ha!  That's funny as hell.  My wife just finished the same book a couple days ago.  She read me the passage, and then the next since apparently Axl's mentioned twice on the same page.  Very cool.

btw, my wife hasn't been raving about his latest releases...and this book didn't change her opinion.  it wasn't bad, but she wasn't crazy about it.  

I guess AFD is over 20 years old?  If that's not classic, I don't know what is.  

[Bandita]

GNR is widely played on the classic rock station here in NY.

I am reading Duma Key as well and noticed 2 Axl references so far!

[Bandita]

Ha!  That's funny as hell.  My wife just finished the same book a couple days ago.  She read me the passage, and then the next since apparently Axl's mentioned twice on the same page.  Very cool.

btw, my wife hasn't been raving about his latest releases...and this book didn't change her opinion.  it wasn't bad, but she wasn't crazy about it.  

I guess AFD is over 20 years old?  If that's not classic, I don't know what is.  

Humm, I really enjoyed Lisey's Story and Duma Key (I'm about 3/4 through).  His writing is somewhat different now but I like that he doesn't always stick to outright horror and gore anymore.

Not to mention he's an Axl fan!

[me2u838]

The classic rock station in Boston considers music classic after only 5 years!!! So GNR is plenty classic I guess.

[willow]

King always makes references to great artists. One of the things I always liked about him.
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[oldgunsfan]

I always felt GnR had a classic rock sound even when their stuff was newly released

[COMAMOTIVE]

I know a few people who consider Gnr to be classic rock - I guess when you don't release an original studio album for 17 years, you can kinda get grouped with past artists

[ppbebe]

I know a few people who consider Gnr to be classic rock

I was one of them till the day I heard the little song called Chinese democracy.

[GypsySoul]

The term "classic rock" has nothing to do with how old a song is.

All it means is that a song is done in what is considered a "classic rock" style.

Even the motto of the classic rock radio station is:  "IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE OLD TO BE CLASSIC"

[ppbebe]

are bands like sex pistols considered as classic rock? or cure? u2?

[axlssis]

the sex pistols are classic punk, if there is any such thing. 


i've never considered gnr classic rock, but then again, i never gave it any thought either.  they are played on our "classic" rock radio stations, not the new music one.

i think a band being called "classic" rock has a lot to do with the ages of the people listening to it.  to someone 18 or 20, gnr may seem classic, it's been around as long as they have or longer. 

[ppbebe]

while ago I read an interview with deep purple.  the deep purple guy (sorry I forgot the name) says  that once a band had a hit more than a decade ago, it's categorized as a classic band and property of classic stations that play only oldies. as a result although they keep releasing new albums their new songs rarely get aired.

[EstrangedBrazil]

Great book, finished reading it 2 days ago! Its great when in the end Bruce Willis is actually dead.... just kidding.

Stephen King is amazing, my favorite writer,  and like GNR, having been or being so popular unfortunatelly makes most people respect them less for being suposedly comercial

Anyway, i also thought the mentions were interesting and SK has mentioned Axl or GNR some other times. This might be my memory playing tricks on me, but i don?t think GNR is regarded as classic rock on the book. From what i could remember, he doesnt listen to it on Bone. I might be wrong though, ill have another look

[justynius]

Stephen King is definitely among my favorite living authors. I actually just read Firestarter two weeks ago, and have Salem's Lot near the top of my next books to read.

Another book that references GN'R several times is Elmore Leonard's Be Cool. About halfway through, that book keeps randomly bringing up GN'R on just about every other page. I wouldn't recommend it though, it's probably among the shittest books I've ever read.

[McDuff]

Hey all,

I am currently reading the new Stephen King book "Duma Key". I am about 3/4 of the way through the book and I think it's really good so far. The book takes place in Florida, and SK mentions that the protagonist listens to a classic rock station called ?The Bone? (It?s funny, cause we have a radio station here in the Bay Area called ?The Bone?). But I digress. The main character in the book has already mentioned "Welcome to the Jungle" as one of the songs he was listening to, and has also made reference to Axl Rose a couple of times..

I know King is a GNR fan and I think that it?s cool that he still remembers GNR and includes them in his writings. I have one question though. Since when has GNR become classic rock? I thought classic rock was Led Zeppelin and Lynyad Skynard (sp?). Is GNR really that old that they can be considered Classic Rock? What do you think?

Anyways, if you see the book at the book stores, pick it up. Like I said, it's a good read (So far).



 

Yeah I read "Duma Key" and I pointed it out in another topic about the mention of "Welcome To The Jungle" and Axl Rose,I thought it was cool.Where I live (in Missouri) we have a station that plays all classic rock and they play alot of GN'R and alot of the older bands,and even if a band releases a new single it would be consider classic rock because the band has been around for awhile.

[slashsbaconpit]

Shouldn't a surprise to anyone. He even referenced that when he writes, he closes the door and listens to heavy bands like Metallica and GNR in his book "On Writing."

[MikeD]

Isn't it considered a classic at 20 years and an antique at 25?