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DON'T FEAR THE REAPER

Every so often in this business of music, the Powers That Be sit back, take stock, and take time to give credit where credit is due. Bands who’ve spent years slogging it to the top of the heap, with nothing more to show for it than a lot of money, can look forward to those few precious moments in the glow of celebrity, with envious eyes of the world upon them, and the long-coveted Grammy finally in their hands...

March 2, 1986
John Neilson

DON'T FEAR THE REAPER

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"We are kind of ugly...we're not an image band in terms of being cute." —Nick Bowcott

John Neilson

Every so often in this business of music, the Powers That Be sit back, take stock, and take time to give credit where credit is due. Bands who’ve spent years slogging it to the top of the heap, with nothing more to show for it than a lot of money, can look forward to those few precious moments in the glow of celebrity, with envious eyes of the world upon them, and the long-coveted Grammy finally in their hands...

Grim Reaper, it’s safe to say, will never win a Grammy.

It’s also safe to say that they probably don't care, having recently received an honor NO other act can claim:

“That’s true,” guitarist Nick Bowcott admits, with obvious pride, “one of the greatest things of last year was being in the top-ten-worst bands of the year in CREEM—that made it for me!”

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