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Black Keys Respond to Steve Miller Rant
- hourislate 11y agoThe only smart guys were Ozzy, Axel Rose, and the Sex Pistols. They basically told the RR Hall of Fame to fuck off. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is for bands like the Black Keys or Justin Bieber..Steve Miller should have had enough sense to tell them to eat shit...
- 6stringmerc 11y agoAuerbach: >It's almost like he doesn't have respect for the younger generations and how hard it is in the business today. When he made his first record, he did it at Olympic Studios with Glyn Johns. Pat and I made our first record in a basement with broken gear. Ouch. Needless to say, I probably agree with him on this one. He does touch on the concept of gratitude, which I think is really a good thing in music and did seem outside of Steve Miller's original rant. However, on this point: >But we were there, unpaid, on our own free will, to come celebrate his achievements and spread the joy of rock & roll. To inspire kids to pick up guitars. To play music. And it felt like we were doing the opposite. Maybe, but a reality check is completely appropriate in this environment of instant gratification. A lot of the music industry seems to prey on people being naive. Miller's rant definitely did away with some of the artificial gloss in my opinion.