Posted on October 30th 2015
Rock is Inherently Degenerate and Dionysian
By Alex Linder
I do like rock and GnR. But it is degenerate. That's why you can't dip too deeply. Or if you do, manfully be prepared to accept the consequences. You can't get on the Dionysian ride without train-wrecking. What gets high, crashes. Always. Paglia said this. The true sixties revolutionaries DIED in that decade. The cautious ones survived and moved on to claim the mantle and legacy without the true spirit. I think the fellow's words about Dave Grohl are well chosen. You avoid the lows, perhaps, but you also avoid the highs, and the highs are why people listen to rock - the feeling of unearned attainment may show poor character, but it feels good. This is why Allan Bloom, the jew from Chicago, called rock 'prepackaged masturbational fantasy,' and I believe he more or less updated Aristotle or Plato in saying that. Music can be destructive, to self and society, and I know Plato noticed that. A rock band, least of all creatures, should place safety first, and in that at least we can tease out a valuable example from the careers of Axl Rose and his crew.
[ The above is from a blog posting. ]