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Pulse!

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Theater of the Macabre
(Pulse!, 1997-04-00)

For the past few years, audiences have watched rockers like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Smashing Pumpkins step onstage and perform arena concerts without lasers, explosions, video and other special effects historically associated with major loud-music events. Maybe it was partially a reaction to the bombast of '80s metal fixtures like Motley Crue, Poison and Iron Maiden, but as the metal era ended and the alternative revolution took over, bands decided to downplay showmanship in favor of cool ambivalence. ...

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