Yeah, when you read their reviews of Black Sabbath, you get the idea too. They even kept calling him TOMMY Iommi in their magazine for god knows how long.
There were apparently a bunch of people on Wenner's starfuck list. John Lennon used to be #1, but Mick Jagger was never far behind. He even kept worshiping Bob Dylan after Dylan called …
Yeah, when you read their reviews of Black Sabbath, you get the idea too. They even kept calling him TOMMY Iommi in their magazine for god knows how long.
There were apparently a bunch of people on Wenner's starfuck list. John Lennon used to be #1, but Mick Jagger was never far behind. He even kept worshiping Bob Dylan after Dylan called him a useless prick.
Which is fine (if annoying) in and of itself, but it also affected the neutrality and quality of the reviews. Musn't write something that will piss off the big boss, after all.
Yeah, RS never had much use for Sabbath, which only shows how clueless they were even back then. Sabbath went on to be one of the most copied and influential rock bands of all time, while Rolling Stone just sank to its current dismal state, trying (and failing) to take down Marilyn Manson with gossip and no evidence. I remember when Jann had his mid-life crisis and left his wife for a man. Then later on he tried to deny the whole thing. I might have to read Sticky Fingers for a laugh!
Yeah, when you read their reviews of Black Sabbath, you get the idea too. They even kept calling him TOMMY Iommi in their magazine for god knows how long.
There were apparently a bunch of people on Wenner's starfuck list. John Lennon used to be #1, but Mick Jagger was never far behind. He even kept worshiping Bob Dylan after Dylan called him a useless prick.
Which is fine (if annoying) in and of itself, but it also affected the neutrality and quality of the reviews. Musn't write something that will piss off the big boss, after all.
Yeah, RS never had much use for Sabbath, which only shows how clueless they were even back then. Sabbath went on to be one of the most copied and influential rock bands of all time, while Rolling Stone just sank to its current dismal state, trying (and failing) to take down Marilyn Manson with gossip and no evidence. I remember when Jann had his mid-life crisis and left his wife for a man. Then later on he tried to deny the whole thing. I might have to read Sticky Fingers for a laugh!