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Alan Cross

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I'm the Senior Program Director for Splice Interactive, the online arm of Corus Radio. Between 2004 & 2008, I was Program Director of 102.1 the Edge/Toronto and named PD of the Year at CMW in 2005, 2006 & 2008. My acclaimed weekly rock documentary show, The Ongoing History of New Music, debuted in February 1993 and since then, there have over 600 1-hour episodes, which I researched, wrote & produced. It is heard on a dozen stations across Canada and has spun off 4 books, a weekly national newspaper column, daily podcasts and more than a dozen CD compilations. My audiobooks, The Alan Cross Guide to Alternative Rock, Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4, are out now and are some of the best-selling audiobooks ever for HarperCollins Canada. My latest project is Chief Musical Officer of ExploreMusic & ExploreMusic.com, a new radio/web initiative launched in October by Splice. It gives fans new ways to discover music and makes recommendations to others in innovative ways that merge traditional & new music.

  • Which rock acts do you think will be synonymous with the Oughts, the first decade of the 21st century?

    The '60s had the Beatles and the Stones. The '70s were all about Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and the Eagles. By the time we got into '80s, the biggest rock acts in the world were U2, Springsteen and Dire Straits. And the '90s, of course, were the era of grunge: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden. As we approach the end of the first decade of the 21st century, which rock acts will be synonymous with the Oughts? Coldplay? Linkin Park? Someone else?

    Yahoo! Canada Answers Staff note: This is the real Alan Cross! Alan's latest audio book, The Alan Cross Guide to Alternative Rock, Volume 4, is available now through HarperCollins Canada.

    399 AnswersRock and Pop1 decade ago
  • Is Nirvana really the big deal that everyone makes them out to be?

    It’s an accepted fact that Nirvana was one of the most important rock bands of all time. But what a lot of people forget is that in the months leading up to Kurt Cobain’s death, fans had begun to grow weary of Kurt, his constant drug issues and his wife, Courtney Love. While the Nevermind album was still considered to be excellent, In Utero was a critical and sales disappointment. However, in the years since Kurt’s death, he, Nirvana and all of Nirvana’s music have undergone a massive re-evaluation. Kurt has been canonized and to talk trash about Nirvana’s music is tantamount to heresy. But now, some people are starting to speak out, saying, “Wait a minute! Nirvana was a good band -- but not THAT good.” What do you think?

    509 AnswersOther - Music1 decade ago
  • Why do people keep saying "rock is dead"?

    If it seems that people have forever been declaring the death of rock, you’re right. The doomsayers first came out in the '50s when rock was declared a fad that would soon pass. It was also declared dead at Altamont in '69, before punk hit in '77, during the New Kids on the Block era in '88 and after hip-hop, DJs and electronica took hold in the '90s. What is this penchant people have for burying rock? And why has rock keep resurrecting itself time and time again? With new technologies and the slow death of the old recording industry models, is rock threatened with yet another trip to the grave?

    Listen to a clip from Alan's latest audio book, The Alan Cross Guide to Alternative Rock, Vol. 2: http://www.harpercollins.ca/audio

    Yahoo! Canada Answers Staff note: This is the real Alan Cross!

    251 AnswersRock and Pop1 decade ago