¡VIVA BUTTROCK!

I see butts with large pointy rocks shoved in them.

Buried? No way (maaan), they're right at the front!

In my corner of mullet-land, AOR/FM rock (of which 'buttrock' is but one strand) held unchallenged cultural hegemony, yet there were as many factions and subgroups as in dance music, and as many unspoken rules and hierarchies as in traditional Japanese society. In brief -'metal' (Priest, Maiden, AC/DC, Van Halen pre-'1984', Scorpions)was the domain of stoners and air-guitarists, the outdoor keg party not the house party. Metallica was the furthest point left of this spectrum, anything beyond (death metal, etc,) was strictly the province of serial killers, though this tribe could also be found stretching out with Crimson, Floyd, Zappa, Rush etc., tho nothing 'punk' (Motorhead NEVER caught on in the 'heartland'), which was strictly for 'English faggots'(pretty funny coming from Priest fans).
As these types grew up and had kids with porn-star names, the posters came off the walls and they moved further rightward along the spectrum into buttrock proper, Non-Aspirational variety - i.e. 'classic rock', the great and terrible unwashed lost Confederate army, disdained by all for their going gently into that endless night of predestined mookness. ZZ Top (who I luv!), Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, BTO, Eagles, Allman Bros etc, with some crossover into country (Steve Earle was massive in Western Canada). Bob Seger OK, Bruce Springsteen not OK. The Aspirational variety (i.e., the ones who had ambitions to be department manager at Tire Town, as opposed to staying in the mail room) manifested their social-climbing ways by listening to music with keyboards and smooth tenor vocalising, Foreigner, Styx, Journey, Night Ranger, Survivor, and the buttrock uber-god-kings Bon Jovi, with crossover into adult-lite (Bolton, Fleetwood, Collins). Higher level of social status reflected by cleaning out the interior of the Camaro every so often. Litmus test for music - could it be played at the local softball game?
Buttrock Rosetta Stone - Grand Funk Railroad, "Closer to Home". Secret Rulers of Buttrock Shadow Galaxy - 38 Special. (I'd like to know how many buttrockers have had 'Hold on Loosely' played at their wedding.) Oddball Brian Wilson figure of this genre - Billy Squier.

Also, geo-socially speaking, there's a HUGE buttrock/Xtian rock crossover subculture as well. I doubt anyone here has the stomach to explore Xtian buttrock...

Theory to run past Melissa - Radiohead's secret butt-rock roots? After all, their whole career was based on Kansas' "Dust in the Wind"

Erm, it's called "cockrock", though. You know, "rock out with your cock out". I hate it.

No, "cock rock" is what it is when it still sounds sort of hard and fresh. Only as it becomes limp, stale, corny or embarrassing does it become "butt rock."

Thus you could already call Staind buttrock, but you won't be able to say the same about Slipknot until ten years from now.

Not that I like Slipknot, mind you. I'm only giving them credit for not being so flaccid that they forfeit the "cock" for the "butt."

Steve Earle was huge in alberta circa 1994. I mean massive , like every one had to have a copy of copperhead road to cross the border . As well Western Canada covers the BC interior to about Brandon. It has an over lap with radio country and does not cover the four big citites who are oasisis of culture. ( the four big cities are Calgary and Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg. As well the further south you went the more tradiotnal the country was. Almost no butt rock in mormon strongholds in Alberta and BC or in Mennoite strong holds in saskatchewan and manitoba

Interestingly enough, both Todd Rundgren and Frank Zappa did stints as producers for Grand Funk Railroad (perhaps the sine qua non of buttrockers). Zappa even went so far as to contribute a guitar solo to a Grand Funk song (forget which one).

What the involvement of Rundgren and Zappa had to do with the butt- rockedness of Grand Funk, I'll leave to others to decide.

Cock-rock = Bad Company, AC/DC, David Lee Roth-era Van Halen.

Buttrock = Foghat, Molly Hatchet, Sammy Hagar-era Van Halen.

Now you know.

ButtRock is balls to the wall hardcore stuff. Y'all dudes don't have a clue in hell what buttrock is about. What you know about Jack Daniels and a 76 Nova? Nothin. Look at my website. http://freewebz.com/buttrocker87