Here’s a list that reminds
us there is a lot of wonderful music
outside the ridiculously short playlists of commercial radio: Gibson’s 10 Great Bands That Ended Too Soon.
Predictably (and correctly)
the list includes the likes of Nirvana, The Doors and The Clash, but it also
includes bands that are all but forgotten, such as Alice Cooper, New York
Dolls, J. Geils and The Faces. These
bands don’t get near enough airplay.
My only complaint is: what
about Cream? Talk about a great band
that didn’t last long enough! If Clapton
had died in a plane crash the night before their final U.S. concert in 1968, we’d still be weeping.
Nice to see The Beatles on
the list, though. Even though their body
of work dwarfs everyone else mentioned, nothing wrong with some self-indulgent,
“ya, but they could have given us so much more” thinking. It’s only love.
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