Word: aerosmith
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Disc jockeys, of course, have been around for decades. In the 1970s hip-hop founding fathers Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash helped turn record spinning into an art. And rock acts--Aerosmith, R.E.M. and others--have long sought to bottle the lightning of hip-hop by collaborating with rappers. Today, though, something new is happening: more rock groups--from Limp Bizkit to Sugar Ray--are making deejays fully fledged members, on equal footing with the guitarist and drummer. A couple of years ago, being a deejay in a rock band was maybe the equivalent of being the backup vocalist-designated...
...Sure, sneer at R.E.M. and their earnestness and politics and wussiness, but no arguments about this: the boys know how to make good music. Unlike other popular bands of the past and present (ahem, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Cranberries et al.), every one of R.E.M.'s albums has some redeeming quality. No synthpop or electronica experiments to be found! Even better, all of their earliest albums have withstood the test of time and sound fresh and new today...
...Besides being home to the Celtics and Bruins, the Fleet Center is the venue of choice for those big rocking arena tours. Aerosmith, Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync have all graced us with their presences here. Dress depends on the concert; the names of the hunks from 'N Sync on the face and that old ratty Guns 'N Roses t-shirt are both acceptable. Not surprisingly, the crowds at the Fleet Center are equally diverse, anything from screaming teenyboppers (and their reluctant parents/chaperones), to those looking to relive the past and those just looking for a good time...
...Creek's Pacey Witter presenting the prestigious award for Act of the Year), the Showcase covers everything from rock to hip-hop to folk to R&B to country, featuring close to 200 up-coming-and-almost-there new unsigned, Indie and major label acts. Previous showcases have platformed Aerosmith, De La Soul, Ben Arnold, Face To Face, Kristin Hersh and Fishbone. A $20 wristband will let you club-hop through Boston's top clubs for both Friday and Saturday: we suggest My Favorite Relative (Bill's Bar), Joel Cage (Club Passim), Sheila Divine (Upstairs at the Middle East...
...posing with LIV TYLER her father, Aerosmith rocker STEVEN TYLER, or a suburban housewife...