I'll stand down by the door
And catch the grey men when they
Dive from the fourteenth floor
Katy Lied- Steely Dan (1975)
Perusing the Louisiana Music Factory CD listings and saw Tight Women and Loose Bands 1921-1931.
'50s and '60s Bands Aim to Stop Copycats by SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press Writer
HARTFORD, Conn. - Doo-wop and rock 'n roll legends are asking lawmakers across the country to stop performances by some not-so-great pretenders. There are hundreds of bands touring the country these days claiming to be The Platters, the Drifters, the Coasters or some other group from the '50s and '60s, according to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in Sharon, Pa. Most of them have no ties to the original artists. "They undercut the legacy of those artists by pretending to be them," said Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, former member of the oldies band Sha Na Na and head of the hall's Truth in Music Committee. - complete article
(But then, who will help stop the legendary bands from touring????)
Sex Pistols Flip Off Rock Hall by Josh Grossberg
Britain's most infamous punk rabble rousers are giving the big middle finger to the music industry types who've tapped the band for enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, issuing a grammatically impaired open letter saying they have no intention of attending the induction ceremony scheduled for Mar. 13 at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
"Next to the sex Pistols, rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain. Your museum. Urine in wine. We're not coming," the band says via a handwritten note posted on frontman Johnny Rotten's Website. - complete article
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