Originally posted by Christoph

Hmmm . . . I didn't mean to sound so overly critical.

I realize that, and I appreciate that your expressed your thoughts in a reasonable manner. But it seems like for everyone I talk to about the music scene from the eighties, they focus primarily on the overall image. And its true that image sells, and thats something that grabs a lot of peoples attention. And with the way a band looks like it gives the lister a good idea of whether or not they can relate their overall approach. But still, its the music, the sounds that inspire us to be the best that we can in everything we do. I feel that with a lot the bands from the eighties (although they're not considered cool compared to the music in todays genre) they really played their hearts out. And yes toward the end it all fell apart, but with every good thing, there are always thousands of copy cats ready to jump on the band wagon. Its hard to spot who has integrity in the music indusrty, but personally I feel longevity is more important than instant success..

I saw Satrianti a few times in concert, hes amazing, hopefully I'll be able to catch his shows w/Steve Vai when he comes to Sunrise July 21...

-Joseph