I kind of feel like that's gatekeeping or something a bit.
My daughter's friend showed up at my house with a Nirvana shirt the other day and I did have to fight the urge to ask if she was a fan, but I didn't want to embarrass her if she wasn't. I think the kids - at the very least - like the aesthetic from the 90s and it is coming back in a lot of the styles with the baggier pants and such. Many of them do know 90s music quite well, too. Guess they grew up with GenX parents playing it.
I find the kids are super open to music regardless of the era moreso than we were. It's so nice having a 15 and 17-year-old right now because they introduce me to tons of cool music. Seems like I'm adding a song or two to my mixes every day.
I'll never forget being made fun of for wearing a Division Bells concert shirt because I didn't know some more obscure Pink Floyd reference. I as 20 or so and in an older crowd and really got put on the spot and dressed down, haven't forgot it to this day.
Take the opportunity to expand young minds and push them towards the bands older offerings. Being pretentious over music is just uncool.
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I kind of feel like that's gatekeeping or something a bit.
My daughter's friend showed up at my house with a Nirvana shirt the other day and I did have to fight the urge to ask if she was a fan, but I didn't want to embarrass her if she wasn't. I think the kids - at the very least - like the aesthetic from the 90s and it is coming back in a lot of the styles with the baggier pants and such. Many of them do know 90s music quite well, too. Guess they grew up with GenX parents playing it.
I find the kids are super open to music regardless of the era moreso than we were. It's so nice having a 15 and 17-year-old right now because they introduce me to tons of cool music. Seems like I'm adding a song or two to my mixes every day.
My girl rocks AD/DC & GnR shirts and I factually know she has them on her Spotify account.
It's one of my high points as a parent.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
I was a GNR nut in junior high and high school. I wasn't born when they were relevant, so seeing Axl and Slash together in 2017 was a dream come true (even if Axl sounds like Mickey Mouse now).
Between the ages of 13-16 I was obsessed with them. I got a cassette of Appetite for Dustruction for Christmas '87 and I played the s*** out of that album for the better part of 2 years. Eventually I had to buy a CD copy after completely wearing out the tape. Those guys were a big deal at the time and kind of a bridge between hair metal and grunge. They were a little edgier, a little sleazier, and more badass than the rest of their Sunset Strip peers, and I also loved the bluesy Stones-like influence that Slash and Izzy brought to the band.
I got to see them live once in '93 in Edmonton on the last leg of the Illusion tour. I remember the show being good, but I had lost interest in them by that point and had moved on to bands like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, the Hip, etc.. But I was glad I finally got to see them, even though Izzy and Steve Adler were no longer in the band at that point.
I'll never forget being made fun of for wearing a Division Bells concert shirt because I didn't know some more obscure Pink Floyd reference. I as 20 or so and in an older crowd and really got put on the spot and dressed down, haven't forgot it to this day.
Take the opportunity to expand young minds and push them towards the bands older offerings. Being pretentious over music is just uncool.
I just tell them I like their shirts. One of the kids I coached in hockey this year wore all old rock shirts, he initiated the music talk with me. There are still kids out there that like rock, despite what the charts tell you.
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Saw them in Edmonton on Thursday. They put on a hell of a show. Played for about 3 hours without a break. I’ve never been a huge fan but they gained a ton of respect from me, just a good hard working rock band.
They did a couple of fun covers including Glen Campbell’s Wichita Lineman.
