http://www.metafilter.com/tags/fargorockcity Posts tagged with 'fargorockcity' at MetaFilter. Sat, 04 Jan 2003 06:48:08 -0800 Sat, 04 Jan 2003 06:48:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/22656/Chuck%2DKlosterman%2Don%2DThe%2DCultural%2DSignificance%2Dof%2DA%2DHair%2DMetal%2DGuitarists%2DDeath <a href="http://www.deedeeramone.net/news.htm">Dee Dee Ramone</a> and <a href="http://ubl.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,483128,00.html?artist=Ratt">Ratt</a> guitarist <a href="http://www.deliriummag.com/robbincrosbyratt.html">Robbin Crosby</a> passed away with 24 hours of eachother last spring. One death, obviously, got way more notice. This recent <a href="http://www.eddietrunk.com/news/article.php?news_id=792">article</a> by Chuck Klosterman (author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743406567/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Fargo Rock City</a>) looks into the reasons why and, entirely unironically, talks about why Crosby's death was significant. I don't 100% agree with Klosterman here, but he makes some points. Plus it's worth reading simply because it questions some of the underlying assumptions of most modern music writing. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.22656 Sat, 04 Jan 2003 06:48:08 -0800 chuckklosterman crosby deadmusicians deedeeramone fargorockcity guitarists hairmetal musicjournalism ratt robbin rockandroll jonmc