supersoul

"They are (or rather: they were) a band formed from the merging of two groups, namely L.A. Guns and Hollywood Roses. Hence the name 'Guns N' Roses.' Damn, and I was convinced by Starblazer that they chose this name '...guns to indicate their bolder side and roses for their softer side, both equally trendy.' So many things you learn on Debaser..."

Well, it seems to me that the cover is the work of the usual Frank Kozik, who has also worked for Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers. It's very influenced by Soviet propaganda posters; I don't know how much the Melvins are involved, even though I remember Dale Crover was obsessed with the deaths caused by the Soviet regime. After all, just look at the titles on this EP: "Communist Concubine," "Stalin's Solution"... But is "Smash the State" their version of the D.O.A. song? Do you remember? ..."the fascist rape smash the state -- kill Pierre Trudeau smash the state -- kill Ronnie Reagan smash the state -- Margaret Thatcher smash the state -- kill them all"

But Bubi, you know very well that talking about preferences for groups of this magnitude is a matter of wool gathering, or as Totò would say... it’s all gravy :)

Well done Alessio, you are one of the few here who manages to combine music with the "social". It's just that I would have added the adjectives "old" and "fat" with "loser". Because today’s youth, in their pseudo-coolness, believe that a fifty-year-old should, after parking the SUV in the garage, settle his soft butt on the couch to listen to the little fingers Wakeman plays for the six wives of Henry VIII, smoothing his bald scalp in delight. If he starts bobbing his still thick hair to the sound of Buzzo and Co., then he’s a loser. They look at him and point at him like Houdini’s two-headed puppy. LAIF IS NAU!

Bubi, if you had posed the question with a more specific "I'd like to know who you consider the best American rock band of the late '70s," I would have answered without hesitation: Creedence Clearwater Revival... their sacred fire is still alive in the minds of the American generations that followed Fogerty & co., Gun Club, Mudhoney, etc. etc.

The greatest American band of the 70s? Undoubtedly one of those that wrote the best pages. It stands out for its refinement because, ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not, they are a branch of Uncle Frankie, given that Lowell George and Roy Estrada toured with the mustachioed one in the late seventies, in addition to recording in his group albums like "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" and "Weasels Ripped My Flesh." Yet their sound had little of the Zappa-esque structure; Lowell George's soulful voice and phenomenal slide guitar leaned more towards New Orleans-style R&B than Zappertronics. From Zappa, they took not only the refinement but also the surreal lyrics like "..my phone was ringing/they told me it was President Mao/I don’t feel like talking to him right now/I’ve got apolitical blues," or read the lyrics of the title track, you'll even see the coca trees that Lowell held so dear. Surreal is also the cover by the talented Neon Park. The Little Feat were great, it’s a shame about the short existence of Lowell George.

@jake forgive me, but I must express my opinion on this review that I didn't like; in music, you are much more incisive. In reviewing this wonderful film by Scola, you went off track, missing the message. It's not at all the triumph of Italian pleasantry, but a journey of initiation. The leftist editor represented by Sordi goes to Africa not to look for his brother-in-law (whom he actually doesn't care about), but to experience a bit of adventure. As he goes along, he realizes that his certainties are undermined; he’s a progressive only in words, and over there, he realizes that neither social status (indeed, the accountant who is always submissive in Italy tells him to get lost in Africa) nor the reactionary value system to which he is actually anchored matter. In the end, the conclusion is splendid because while the brother-in-law, a former bureaucrat, returns to the tribe where he has found his true dimension by genuinely making that "leap into the dark" with an unimaginable courage for a bourgeois, Sordi, despite having the same opportunity within reach, prefers to return to the silly bourgeois rituals of small gatherings among friends, mimicking the true ones of the natives. For him, Africa remains the one dreamt of in books; his reality is the alienation of our society, which leads him, as the accountant finally reproaches him, to mask his reactionary nature behind the figure of a progressive.

"Guns n' Roses (guns precisely to indicate their more audacious side and roses for the softer side, both equally trendy)" Of course there's a lot to learn from starblazer, even Pippo Baudo knows that the name comes from the fusion of the two bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. Where were you in '85 starblazer? Of course, seeing this record get a 1 from the same person who gives a 5 to the Darkness's album says basically everything ... LAIF IS NAU!

Indeed, a few more words could be spent on "Another World," eight minutes of pure free jazz with acid guitars in the background to the hallucinatory contortions of a singer with adenoids. Extraordinary.

@azzo, in agreement with your comment n.16