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Dean Ween on: the fall of rock.(TESTIMONY)(Brief Article)

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| October 01, 2005 | Leslie, Jimmy | COPYRIGHT 2005 New Bay Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"Music was better ten years ago," asserts Dean Ween, "and better still 20 years ago, 30 years ago, and so on. Live 8 made it so obvious, because you could compare veterans like Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder to modern acts such as Linkin Park and Coldplay. It's all due to the dumbing down of society. It's a failure on the part of everybody--especially the record labels. They should be ashamed. And the power of MTV and Clear Channel has totally and absolutely ruined rock and roll. There is always good music out there, but if it's not exposed to the public, then the public won't realize it's being duped when it hears Creed or whomever. Nothing sneaks through the cracks anymore, so it's up to the kids to find the good stuff on their own. Listen and learn from David Bowie or Black Sabbath instead of the crap on modern rock radio, and start a band. There has always been a musical revolution when people get sick of the bulls**t, so I'm banking it will happen again--although it's been a ...

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