The end of the 458 journey

"Lester. Bangs) once said: Rock 'n' roll is dead. If Bunce were still alive, would he have been moved to tears when he saw the rock 'n' roll resurgence in 1993?

As one of the most interesting critics in the history of rock 'n' roll, Bunce has always been an outlier and a pioneer. He wasn't strictly an ordinary music critic, he had a unique eye and a keen sense of smell, and while his contemporaries were still praising Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, he had already set his sights on the lesser-known garage rocks and underground heavy metal.

Bunce's aesthetic is that rock should evolve in a more brutal, direct and aggressive direction, rather than dying in dozens of minutes of improvisation and intricate and flashy technique. And throughout Bunce's short life, he has always fulfilled his promises, MC5, the puppet band (the. Stooges), the Velvet Underground (the. velvet。 uh), Crash Band...... These bands and singers, who would later become immortal in the history of rock music, were highly recommended by Bunce

Of course, the greatest achievement of Bunce's career is undoubtedly to make punk a member of the rock family that cannot be ignored, and 'punk can create a kind of ambiguous music with an irregular aesthetic ......" in Bunce's comment, which propelled this new genre of music to the stage of history. In the face of the overwhelming skepticism at the time, Bunce replied, "In order to do rock 'n' roll or punk rock," the only thing you have to do is: no. Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, and if you've found that attitude, then don't care what people say, because 'passion' is what music is meant to express, and that's what all music is meant to do

'Sex'. Pistol Band (sex. Pistols) even stepped onto the altar on the recommendation of Bunce. Bunce was a man who liked to live in an ideal state, and when classic punk was gradually declining and commercialized, he wrote in a manuscript, 'Yes,' I was very miserable because I had fallen into contradictions and hesitations too many times, and this qiē had reached the point of inevitability for me. All punk is left for me now is a purposeless rant, at least that's what I think, and I don't want to believe it's true. Even so, Bunce never gave up his 'obsession' with punk until the end of his life.

On April 30, 1982, the legendary 33-year-old music critic was found dead in his apartment, and the official cause of death was an overdose of sedatives.

Bunce has always been a critic I am 'obsessed with', his experience, his contributions, his temperament, 'pushing' the limits of freedom in life, he hates the system, he doesn't like the existing rules and values, he is simple and bold, elegant and rude, crazy and sensible, and he is absolutely 'fascinated' and free and easy throughout the history of rock 'n' roll.

So, Bunce said: rock 'n' roll is dead, but he still can't get rid of his inner 'obsession'.

I'm curious to see what Bunce will say when he sees the band perform incredible miracles, and maybe he can see the sparkle of the band before it catches people's attention, and then praise the band with a lot of flowery rhetoric, eager to revive the love of rock and roll again; Of course, it is more likely that Bunce was dismissive of Nirvana's achievements, because the Nirvana's innovation in rock technology was what Bunce hated most, so he might angrily accuse the band of being flashy and stifling hopes of a rock revival in its infancy.

However, I am even more curious about what Bunce will say when he sees the rise of glory to death, because in this band I can see Bunce's stubbornness and unyielding back then.

Glory to Death is trying to break the rock 'tide' created by Nirvana, and at the same time is trying to leave its own trajectory in 1993, when rock 'n' roll was revived, listen to the band shouting the soul-stirring melody on the streets, it is the fusion of garage rock and metal rock, it is the combination of rock and hip-hop, pop, punk, electronic, it is an art form close to civilian life, it is the rock 'n' roll that Bunce advocates the most, the original flavor.

The music of glory to death blends the trivial and delicate emotions of life into the music, which is vividly vented and danced in the heart of every listener.

In the past ten months of 1993, rock and roll seems to have regained the supreme glory of the dagger decade, and the 'fine' color albums are dizzying one after another. Most importantly, the strength of alternative rock began to launch a violent impact on the current rock model, even surpassing the dynamic 'swing' of Nirvana's rise two years ago, Goatskin Band, Radiohead, Ambiguous Field...... This band with a personal style broke people's stereotypes about rock and roll, and recreated the 1977 explosion of the best films from the golden age of rock and roll.

In this group of bands, Glory to Death also occupies a place.

After the National Day, Glory Pack Their Bags and embark on a journey, and an intensive show of nearly 200 performances over three months took them to the cosmopolitan metropolis of the East Coast, and brought them a record contract with EMI Records, and then the band entered the studio and began to work intensively on their debut album.

Just when everyone thought that the band would officially release an album to promote it, Glory to Death unexpectedly embarked on a journey again, just like Bunce, even with more 'temptation'. 'Confused' and no matter how much 'confused' he is, he will never forget his inner innocence for rock and roll.

After Halloween, Glory to Death regained his strength, left the Big Apple, and made his first stop at 'Bothon', still with a truck, five team members and a bunch of musical instruments, surrounded by agents and staff; It is still a random performance on the street, expecting passers-by to stop for them, without a gorgeous stage and the cheers of the audience; It's still a dusty, conscientious, and freewheeling road tour, with no sponsor involvement and no well-planned promotional itinerary...... Glory to Death peels off the layer of sugar coating wrapped in the shell of music, bites the nut at the core, and returns to rock and roll itself again, embarking on a new journey.

It's just that this time, the team of loyal 'fans' who followed the glory to death is gradually growing, and this is a group of 'fans' who are willing to follow the band around with all their hearts, one of whom is Joshua Cranston, an eighteen-year-old from Columbia University, said. I hesitated because I knew how hard and long it was, but I'm glad I made the right decision, because I knew it would be the most important journey of my life, not just chasing glory to death, not just chasing my inner passion for rock 'n' roll, but chasing my life's goal.

The footprints of glory to death caused a sensation in cities large and small, and the crowd of more than 500 spectators on the streets of Chicago forced City Hall to dispatch patrol police to maintain order; A small town called Blue Knife attracted tourists from nearby cities because of the arrival of the band; Not to mention the 300-yard parade when the band arrived in Seattle, a welcome to the sister city......

The band traveled all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast, and although it only took 15 days to reach 14 cities, it mobilized thousands of spectators to watch the band's heart-pounding performances on the streets, without the complicated arrangements, without the 'fancy' guitars, and the music of glory to death retained the simple and upbeat melodies, powerful lyrics and infectious performances, this band showed everyone a new face of a rock band.

If Bunce were still around, he might have watched the glory to death and marveled: Rock 'n' Roll is resurrected! Then he used his own typewriter to give the band a lot of praise, telling the people to focus on the band because this is a band that deserves everyone's attention.

It is hard to imagine that in the 'tide' led by Nirvana, there is a band that dares to break this shackle and shackles and open up a completely different style of rock music. This is what Leicester Bangs advocates

On October 31, River-Phoenix has left us for good, and that's enough news to make everyone suffocate. Phoenix and Bunce have one thing in common, that is, their proud talents are annihilated by this colorful circle, and then gradually 'lost' themselves, but Phoenix is running away from the overwhelming attention, which makes him have nowhere to escape, while Bunce is escaping the commercialization process and destroying punk little by little, which makes him disheartened, and in the end, they both die in the 'drug'.

Suddenly, the body of the glorious to death shone with a light similar to that of Phoenix and Bunce, and we can only pray that this time, we will not let this ray of light disappear too quickly, and pray that we can go further under the guidance of this light.

Tomorrow, the road trip that lasted for nearly five months will come to an end in Los Angeles, and what kind of surprises will the band bring us this time? What will the band's album look like, and will 1993 be the year of rock 'n' roll recovery that will go down in history? The answer seems to be right in front of you. The heartbeat is hard to beat, and the morning sun still rises quietly. ”

This is from the front page of the November 16 issue of the "Los Angeles Times", and this article written by David Marches, a music critic of "Rotation" magazine, has undoubtedly become the center of attention, because "Rotation" is a bi-monthly magazine and has a relatively long publication cycle, so this time David put his music review on the "Los Angeles Times", and the "Los Angeles Times" actually placed an important place on the front page to a band that has not yet debuted, which is even more rare - although not the headline.

After finishing the preparation of the album without hesitation, the journey was quicker than the original one, but the main thing was that the time spent in the city was shortened, and everywhere along the way was enthusiastically covered by the local media. It can be said that Glory to Death brought this road tour craze from New York all the way back to the West Coast.

In the rising sun of Los Angeles, the journey of glory to death across the United States is finally coming to an end, and this time, what surprises will this city known as full of countless miracles produce under the leadership of glory to death?

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