EXILED ON MAIN STREET #12
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Exiled on main street
· 2 weeks ago
... y, 2) REO Speedwagon, 3) Styx, 4) Foreigner, and 5) any band that sounded like bands one through four. You'd be amazed at how many bands fit into #5's category: I'm still traumatized enough to say that I remember Survivor (sub-Journey) and Sheriff (sub-Styx.) The knock on these bands was not only their whiny vocals, glossy guitars, and empty songs; they also sounded remarkably alike in their lameness. Most of the kids dug these bands, because "they rock and do some good mellow stuff too." The term "corporate rock" was applied to these bands. (Many years later, I found out that term came to apply to all Big Label Artists, or at least ...