Tramp: "The last wave of 80s bands were a complete joke"

[Bono Nettencourt]

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/ge ... metal.html

"It (MTV) basically goaded every '80s band to kill themselves because in the end — and I'm not gonna say myself — but in the end, the last wave of the '80s bands were a complete joke. They had copied us five million times, and I can't stand listening or looking at it, because there's no originality."

"There were only so many waves, and after that, everything was a copy. I can sit and say that, but when I look at that, that's the way I see it. It was cloned."

[Rocker4Real]

Did that make their '91 album flop?

[Bono Nettencourt]

It wasn't a main attraction that year.

[VinnieStJohn]

Because Pride was so cutting edge and not at all derivative of what came before it. Douche

[GoodJudge]

For a moment I saw the headline as "Trump" and thought: either the insanity has fully set in now he's opining on 80s metal, or this is an Onion headline.

As to the actual article, "and I'm not gonna say myself" also means Mike's self-delusion is still strong.

[LAglamrocker]

Hope he isn’t disrespecting Danger Danger or Nelson that would be a travesty

Some got Firehouse and White Lion confused- don’t hate on them Mr Lion

[Love_Industry]

Because Pride was so cutting edge and not at all derivative of what came before it. Douche

WL were obvious Van Halen clones with a dash of Dokken but as I wrote in another thread WTCC was ahead of its time and predated both the political power ballad - think Wind of Change, Time for Change - and the (almost) all acoustic hair metal ballad (More than Words etc).

Most hard rock ballads in 87 followed the Still Loving You / Home Sweet Home formula. Lyrics about love or being on the road and starting softly before kicking in with a bigger than life full band chorus.

[Tommy2Tone84]

F*ck Mike Tramp. He’s a complete joke