Reply #19: Well I do give a shit about garage bands. And I also like Steely Dan.

[Dr Fate]

W/o garage bands, "do it yourself" bands and bands who play live, all you have is studio oriented corporate rock that is very expensive to make. Impossible to make if you dont have connections, in fact. That's not to say that some corporate rock is not worthwhile (see Steely Dan)

But You cant reproduce that sound with out TONS of money & time-it's no wonder that Rock & Roll on the radio has been suffering slow death since that era.

As I said, The Dan is great, but generally, the whole FM studio scene killed the Rock & Roll asthetic and shut out the types of bands & people that make it great...namely, young people who are not virtuosos but who can otherwise produce catchy, energetic & inspiring music.

Produced stuff like the Beach Boys, Steely Dan & Phil Spector can be amazing, but there has to be music that can be played live and by teenagers if the Rock & Roll style is to continue...

Eitherway, we both agree that The Dan is The Shit.