[atlantaprog] Re: 96rock (not about prog, really, but what the heck)

I was away for the summer, and when I came back Z-93 had turned into 80s horseshit (I realize "80s horseshit" is a redundancy in terms).

What happened?

Paul

>From: Jeff Blanks <jblanks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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>To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

>Subject: [atlantaprog] 96rock (not about prog, really, but what the heck)

>Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:45:07 -0400

>OK, as long as we're rolling again:

>Has anyone noticed what's happened to 96rock in the wake of the

>changes at the former Z-93? I notice they're calling themselves

>"Atlanta's Classic Rock Station", without really changing very much.

>(I guess it was bound to happen sometime. Most of the mook-rock, of

>course, has been sent to 96.7.) OTOH, I'm starting to hear tunes I

>haven't heard in a *long* time; I just heard Motley Crue's "Girls,

>Girls, Girls" tonight, and last night they played Triumph's "Fight

>The Good Fight", which isn't such a bad tune, really, only suffering

>in comparison to, well, Yes and ELP and stuff like that. To which I

>could only say two things:

>1. What took them so long? Tunes like these are, if not classics,

>staples of the *rawk* listener's diet. They didn't have to drop

>them *completely*.

>2. Do they have to be a "classic rock station" in order to put this

>stuff back in rotation? I see no reason why 96rock shouldn't

>continue to play new music (especially now that they've got The

>Darkness and Jet out there).

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