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Originally Posted by badmunchkin
sure everyone knows Ozzy today, but they know him more for a sitcom on MTV then for being a rock star - 20 years ago your average American housewife would see him in a mall and just think he was some freak  |
While I agree to a point with some of what you said in that post, I'll have to disagree with this one. For one, most American housewives back then didn't even listen to rock. We must be talking about recognizeability among fans of rock, not parents whoi don't or didn't even listen to it.
Secondly, Ozzy's face was front and center on at least one of his albums back then. That was long before any TV show was ever concieved. Millions of fans would have instantly recognized him back then from that alone.
Same with Alice Cooper for that matter. Very recognizeable face, for decades now. Would my mom or dad know him? Of course not. But I would. So would just about everyone I know in my age bracket.
I'm actually surprised no one has mentioned Cooper in this thread before now. Or the brothers Gibb for that matter. The Bee Gees get overlooked in these discussions because of their association with disco, and people tend to forget just how massive they were through the 70's. They did a lot of rock stuff in the 60's though, and let's face it, whether people want to admit it or not disco is an offshoot of pop rock.
A lot of parents today and people in the 30-50+ age bracket would know these guys to see them. Ozzy, Cooper, Bee Gees.