This one is so easy.
BECK
Strengths:
Oh my god, he's just awesome. Who dislikes Beck? Tonedeaf people? And everything sounds...just weirdly awesome. Stuff mere mortals never would have thought of.
Weaknesses:
SCIENTOLOGY
This isn't exactly a weakness, but....its sort of creepy, isn't it?
Velvet Revolver
Strengths:
Finally, somebody's embarked to bring rock back onto the charts. Thats a pretty noble cause. Musically, at least... Musics well-written, lyrics are extremly cool, guitar arrangements are lush and gorgeous...."Contraband" is a total guitar album, but its also one of the first albums that has made me appreciate the drums. The drums on "Contraband" are sick. Absolutly sick.
Weaknesses:
Aw, god. Some of the stuff Scott writes when he's sober is weird. No, not when he's using. He writes weird stuff when he's sober. And they totally sold out. I just watched Slash on American Idol last night. It was weird. Like, remember idolizing Barney as a child? Its sort of like walking in on Barney masturbating. If Slash watches American Idol, thats really his bussiness, but now I KNOW that Slash watches (and I guess enjoys) American Idol. And thats weird to me.
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