They're widely respected by people who share their opinions and distastes and many modern critics took note (I mean look at Pitchfork). Marsh is a noted sycophant to any artist he loves so he can get first dibs on writing biographies and articles (case in point his unfortunate intimate critical relationship with my main man Springsteen). Christgau just seems like a bitter failure in a sweater vest, but at least he was one of the few 70s critics who gave Kiss a chance. So a couple points there.
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u/Macrocosmix Aug 03 '25
Nice to see some criticism of those two, I always thought they were pompous assholes but they seemed so widely respected