The Black Crowes Destroy Maxim Magazine

Mr.Wizard

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Maxim reviewed the album with 2.5 stars, hard to do if the reviewer never heard any tracks.
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— The Black Crowes are lashing out at Maxim magazine for reviewing the band's new album — apparently without actually hearing it first.

The review, published in Maxim's March issue, gives the Crowes' "Warpaint" a rating of two-and-a-half stars out of five.

"The writer — who has not heard the album since advance CDs were not made available — wrote what appears to be a disparaging assessment anyway, citing, `it hasn't left Chris Robinson and the gang much room for growth,'" said a statement on the band's official Web site.

The band's manager, Pete Angelus, said the magazine explained that its review was an "educated guess."

"It speaks directly to the lack of the publication's credibility," Angelus said in a statement. "In my opinion, it's a disgrace to the arts, journalism, critics, the publication itself and the public. What's next — Maxim's concert reviews of shows they never attended, book reviews of books never read and film reviews of films never seen?"
 
does anyone even read maxim anymore? it ******* sucks donkey balls now. whatever change they did a couple years ago to be more refined and polished made it suck. horrible piece of **** rag now. much better before when they weren't too cool to make fun of themselves. can't say i'm surprised they would pull an amateur stunt like this.
 
Lots of good buzz around the Crowes new album.

Hopefully its a return to the glory years of SH&MC->Amorica->3 Snakes. Good stuff there.
 
I wonder what rating Maxim will give their next album-- whenever it's recorded, whatever it's called, whenever it comes out. Sure, Warpaint's only a 2.5 star effort but what about their NEXT album, Maxim?
 
I have a Maxim sub that I have no idea how I got. I never paid for it, certainly never ordered it... and yet for the last six months or so they've been showing up in my mailbox.
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i signd up for a free 1 yr maxim subscription about 4 yrs ago. about 2 yrs ago i called to cancel my free subscription. they still send me the magazine.
 

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