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9 Years of antiMusic: 2 Cents on the Eighties


04/26/07
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(Day in Rock) It was nine years ago this month that our sister site Rocknworld.com was launched. So to celebrate 9 years of antiMusic we'll be looking back at some of our most popular articles since the beginning. Today we look back at the most popular 2 Cents article. Here is a bit of Chuck's thoughts on the 80s:

You know, the eighties are more popular now than they were in the eighties. How the hell did that happen? Here�s a newsflash for you kids; they weren�t all that great. I know because I was there. But there were a few high points mixed in amongst all the lows.

First the lows: Let�s start with popular culture during the eighties. Well, actually there really wasn�t much culture, per se. Let�s see if this sums it up for you: If you thought the seventies were a cultural abyss, the eighties were enough to make you want to claw out your own eyes with a garden weasel.

Then there was the hair. And I�m talking big hair on the chicks, not just on the hair-band boys. I saw women with their hair jacked all the way up to the baby Jesus and I�m still emotionally traumatized by the experience. It was scary � Freddy Krueger scary. [read all of Chuck's thoughts at the full story link. ] - Click here for the Full Story

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