Chris Cornell

[Harry_Manback]

Some fucking dickhead shit in this thread. A man committed suicide. And he was an amazing person and artist.

Fuck you assholes.

[metalmariachi]

Wittgenstein; tone it back.
show some respect.
MM

[D.o.S.]

Some fucking dickhead shit in this thread. A man committed suicide. And he was an amazing person and artist.

Fuck you assholes.

Hey I don't care how you feel about Roger Ailes but there's no need for that sort of language

[Invisible Man]

This one hurt a bit. Loved this man...saw him with the band before they broke up, when they got back together, and solo. Hope he finally found some peace...well-documented struggles with substance abuse and depression.

I think most folks here appreciate dark/black humor, but some of this seems pretty fucked up and unfunny.

[Wittgenstein]

The link between will (or principle) and action is tenuous, at best. Having said that,

A fairly robust tradition exists within punk of using (often quite crass) gallows humor in response to displays of the Cult of the Rock Star, often (and especially) during the inevitable wails of lament following the death of a Rock Idol. To give one of my favorite examples, there is "One Down, Three to Go" by the Meatmen (invoked earlier in this thread with "Two Down, Two to Go"), which was written in response to the killing of John Lennon.

[blakestree]

Yeah, you're a punk alright...

[D.o.S.]

You ain't no punk, you punk

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N2-jV189Zs[/youtube]

[friendship]

ah yes, the droll gallows humor of calling Lennon's widow a "slopehead." Thank you for continuing this rich artistic tradition.

[chuckjaywalk]

I just always thought he was the guy from Metallica and Soundgarden was his side project. I believed this for way longer than I care to admit.

[Dark Barn]

When punk starts referencing it's robust traitions it ceases to be useful. It's like, you had one job to do, punk. Seems like you're a student of punk and a poor one, good day to you asshole.

[popvulture]

You're not punk, and I'm tellin everyone.

An all time fave. Usually applies, this being no exception.

[Wittgenstein]

Punk was never "useful," even (and perhaps especially) the bands that were trying to be "useful," like Minor Threat. On that score, I take Pussy Galore's side of the argument (see that Dischord house burning?). The attempt by punk to become, or the conceit that it can be, "useful," is a corruption of the 50s aesthetic at the core of punk.

[Dark Barn]

I said good day.

[popvulture]

Well you've got the obnoxious butthole part of punk down, Witt. You must have so many friends.

Alright, back to it.

[D.o.S.]

TIL being a nihilistic ne'er do well was a 50's aesthetic.