I respect your view Marques as I used to get pissed of about the state of mainstream culture too.
I'v learned not to pay attention to it hence my reason for joining sites like this. Here i'm associated with people on a similar wavelength. I like what i like and to be honest don't give a shit about "the industry". Sometimes being naive is allot more fun than being bitter and disgusted.
Marques De Valia said:
i liked what you had to say, so 'no offense' but something reminding me of Nirvana would be a reason for me NOT to rush to find it to listen to. although it might be good.
shortly after grunge died a couple of other things happened, it seems now like the death of rock radio, TOTALLY like its death was a preordained thing.
napster was destroyed. destroyed! i remember the original napster and it wasn't hurting anyone at ALL.
who was offended? basically the greedy and untalented who seek to exploit talent, people in the INDUSTRY...
then clearchannel. clearchannel own most united states radio stations, i believe... a LOT of things contributed to people basically becoming more stupid than cool, and that's how it seems now. did i just 'wake up' and notice all the brutal dumbness?
i started focusing more on making music like i HAD TO because i realised that something had died,
but when things die, they serve a purpose: they make room for something new.
people getting into music because they think they can get money and get their asses kissed in various ways, that's nothing new. but it hurts most when things border punk and kiss ass for $$$ because: that was supposed to be less susceptible to corruption, anything smacking of anarchy or defiance. (no pun intended: smacking; nirvana, bleah.)
all in all i trust EVERYONE more but i trust INDIVIDUALS much less.
i have met so many people who were utterly insincere, who put most of their efforts into insisting that people who didn't conform to their view about alternative culture, the underground, scenes were "lying to themselves."
oh yeah, and the anti-emo thing, that was plenty Nazi. emo was the new jew for a few weeks...
just seeing the conformity thing become all important, it wasn't the death of the individual,
it was more like the individual had to HIDE because the fascists, the chavs, the stupid brutal and dominant had come to rule scenes. i am bitter and disgusted, and relate most easily to those who share my point of view.
