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From: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: re: the cutting edge of rock music
Message-ID: <605@tellab1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 12:47:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: tellab1.605
Posted: Wed Oct  2 12:47:11 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 06:17:44 EDT
Reply-To: barth@tellab3.UUCP (Barth Richards)
Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL
Lines: 49
Keywords: rock, cutting edge

Sorry for posting this to the net, but I tried to mail it several times with
(apparently) no success.


> OK people of net land, I have a question for you. Who do you feel is on the
> cutting edge of todays rock. In the past, it has been Pink Floyd, The Stones,
> Led Zeppelin,etc.... Who is it today. Could it be Madonna? If not, then who
> is it? You tell me. Mail me and tell me who you feel is on the cutting 
> edge of todays rock. I will post a list of the top 10 groups/singers who 
> you feel are on top.


    OK, you asked for it:


SHOCKABILLY

    Unfortunatly, they have broken up. However, they do have one last album
    coming out within the month--HEAVEN. The best album to check out is
    VIETNAM (Fundamental Records).

THE RESIDENTS

    If you have heard them, then you either know what I mean, or you violently
    disagree with me, even to the point of violence. If you've never heard them,
    then there's no way words can even begin to describe them.

SKELETON CREW

    Fred Frith and Tom Cora are in it. What more need I say.

STEVE TIBBETTS

    Creates an amazing symbiosis of rock, jazz, folk, electro-jiggery-pokery,
    and classical. He is entirely unclassifiable (though he has been classified
    as rock) and truly outstanding. (I'm basing this opinion on his first two
    albums <STEVE TIBBETTS and YR>. I understand that his third album <NORTHERN
    SONGS> is closer to jazz than anything else.)


    That's all I can think of at the moment. When I come up with some more,
    I'll zap you a line.

    Sorry I took so long to respond.


					    Barth Richards
					    Tellabs, Inc.
					    Lisle, IL


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