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As a result of finishing Chuck Klosterman's book Fargo Rock City I have pulled the following tapes/CDs from my collection to listen to again:

Posted by HdnAgnda (aka HDNAGNDA) Feb 8 '10, 07:50

Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Cinderella - Night Songs and Long Cold Winter
GnR - Appetite for Destruction (never really collected dust)
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Unfortunately I cannot locate my Motley Crue Too Fast for Love cassette. Hate when things inexplicably disappear.

Chuck wouldn't like me too much if I re-visited the Yngwie Malmsteen cassettes.

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AfD is obviously in a class by itself. - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:26 3
- Yeah, that is pretty much the case made in the book and Klosterman can't say enough good things about it and also lays the groundwork for discussing - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:30 2
  - People forget that UYI & II started selling at midnight and there were lines... - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:33 1
    - Man, I friggin loved going to midnight CD sales. Tower Records in Nashville did them every single week. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:35
It was too fast for love, so you discarded it. Right? -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 07:55 2
- I think my sister absconded with a lot of my cassettes, leaving me with the cases. - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:04 1
  - Sisters get away with anything and everything - Facto Feb 8, 08:06
I can -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:51 12
- 't speak to Ratt and Cinderella, but Purple is awesome. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:51 11
  - He holds Interstate Love Song in very high regard. It's a good book, especially if the 80s glam, hairband rock was your thing. His knowledge of the - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:55 6
    - Same thing happened all over. And people went from silly haircuts to silly knitwear caps. -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 07:57
    - Purple came out well before 2001. And yes, Interstate Love Song is the best thing that band ever wrote. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:56 4
      - No, the book was written in 2001. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:59 3
        
        ....right, so if the album came out before that, then that's how it got in there. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:00 2
        
        Yes, I was just elaborating on why this book, which focuses on the 80s bands led to me pulling STP out of my collection. I figured I should - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:03
        
        (oh, were you asking rhetorically and answering your own question? nevermind. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:01
  - I can speak to Cinderella...easily one of the most underrated of the "hair"bands. - Jim Feb 8, 07:53 3
    - Whitesnake, for what it was, was a great band. - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:22
    - Word -- nm - Stephen Feb 8, 08:01 1
      - I think you'd enjoy this book. The one thing he and I don't really seem to see eye to eye on is Iron Maiden (Basically my - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:15

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As a result of finishing Chuck Klosterman's book Fargo Rock City I have pulled the following tapes/CDs from my collection to listen to again:

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