I ask because I was questioning statements others made about Metallica and not liking anything they've done in the past 18 years, yet they participate in a fan forum. Someone else posted asking me why weren't they still a fan if they liked some of the bands music.
I was thinking about this conversation today and put it in light of my condisring my self a Rolling Stones fan. I consider myself a Stones fan but I haven't purchased or listened to any new Stones music in the last 20 years or so. It was about then that the Stones were turning rather pop and I was huge into GnR and had started listening to Metallica.
But back in the day, the Rolling Stones were "IT" (when I wasn't listening to Ozzy or Led Zepplin that is). I scrimped and saved my babysitting money to purchase all their albums, knew all their songs, plastered my walls with Stones posters and Jagger's face. Now a days, I dont listen to their music very often, I don't collect Stones bootlegs, go to their shows, or even look for fan forums on the net. Yet, when I hear a classic Stones song on the radio I still consider myself a fan of the music and of the band.This brings up another question. Playing the tired old classics in concert. We all bitch about Enter Sandmand, we are all so Metallica entranced we groan when we hear the beginning notes of the song. But when the shoe was on the other foot, and I was at a concert where I wasn't the "diehard fan" I only wanted to hear those classics. Last November, when I stuck around to see the Stones set after Metallica, I was board as hell during the 1st hour of their show. I was about to leave when they launched into one of my old favorites, leading into the 2nd hour of classic Stones set.
