![]() Please feel free to deny an artist’s individuality and say they are "the new.Even when it’s easy to find out with research, by all means ask a band how they got their name.If a recording features densely layered guitars, then you MUST use the phrase "sonic cathedrals.".If a band pioneered something, you must say they are "seminal." That is the Seminal Law of Rock Criticism.Rock Critic Law includes timeless gems such as: ![]() Now, he consolidates these "Laws" into one witty, comprehensive and fully illustrated volume. ![]() In 2014, he began his wickedly droll Twitter feed to expose and make fun of this word-hash. One of the finest music writers today, Michael Azerrad has catalogued the shortcuts, lazy metaphors and uninspired prose that so many of his beloved colleagues all too regularly rely on to fill column inches. ![]() Straight out of his beloved Twitter feed acclaimed rock journalist and author of the classic books Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana and Our Band Could Be Your Life, Michael Azerrad turns his trenchant eye to the art of rock writing itself, hilariously skewering 101 of the genre’s seemingly endless litany of hackneyed phrases and tropes. ![]()
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