Always makes me think of Pete Townsend/ The Who... those guys were smashing up their gear before they could afford it, I heard. I've heard Townsend defend it by saying that the point of smashing stuff was that it was the artist & message that were important in the show, not the gear. John Hiatt takes a deeper look at where it comes from: These guys are really just pointing to themselves and saying look at ME! I'm having a tantrum cuz mommy didn't give me what I want! - but that's one of the fundamentals of Rock n' roll, "Look at ME!!" That's Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis each with their own style & flare, but it's still a tantrum, a rebellion... Folk, Folk-rock, Grunge/Alternative don't have that immaturity, in general.
Always makes me think of Pete Townsend/ The Who... those guys were smashing up their gear before they could afford it, I heard. I've heard Townsend defend it by saying that the point of smashing stuff was that it was the artist & message that were important in the show, not the gear. John Hiatt takes a deeper look at where it comes from: These guys are really just pointing to themselves and saying look at ME! I'm having a tantrum cuz mommy didn't give me what I want! - but that's one of the fundamentals of Rock n' roll, "Look at ME!!" That's Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis each with their own style & flare, but it's still a tantrum, a rebellion... Folk, Folk-rock, Grunge/Alternative don't have that immaturity, in general.