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Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-06-2005, 05:04 AM

The mainstream music industry is in the worst state ever at the moment. But then it`s never really been great ever.

The problem lies in that most people seem to be under the impression they are listening to something else especially in rock music, let me explain.

We`re forever being told that Nirvana were the breakthrough band , the band that bought the underground mainstream. But that didn`t happen. What happened was what happened every other time a new fad came along.They just ditched all the bands they had that were out of date & signed up endless Nirvana clones with no musical value whatsoever.

Now, this is the bit that I hate the most.
During the 90s when this so called underground 'breakout' was supposed to have happened , the music industry were buying each other out so we got to a point were there were only 5 companies owned virtually everything.

You can see for yourself here ...
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/record.html

These record companies seeing there was something in this 'alternative' movement played along with it, forming new subsiduary labels , playing off the anti-mainstreamism & basically conning people that they were listening to independant music.
And people were stupid enough to fall for it.
I have to be honest & say i`ve never seen the independant music scene in such a state , yet people are still under the illusion that they are listening to fresh new music . In reality the record industry are just doing what they have always done. When they come across a band that sells records they just find hundreds of clone acts.

When Nirvana kicked off we were still getting grunge bands forced down our throats for the next few years.
Then when bands like & Green Day & Limp Bizkit made it big , suddenly we were drowning in crap nu metal & pop punk bands.
As soon as the White Stripes sold a few albums , every 2 bit garage band were being offered major label deals
When Coldplay made it big , now we are still being inundated with soundalike bands even today.

The music industry has manipulated people into thinking that they are listening to an alternative , when in reality all thats happening is they are forcing the same soundalike crap onto us & dressing it up as an 'alternative'.

I think the biggest shame in all this was that the internet could have done something about this , but it hasn`t. Everytime I walk into a record store I see less & less music not put out by 'The big 5' companies.

02-06-2005, 05:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	The mainstream music industry is in the worst state ever at the moment. But then it`s never really been great ever. The problem lies in that most people seem to be under the impression they are listening to something else especially in rock music, let me explain. We`re forever being told that Nirvana were the breakthrough band , the band that bought the underground mainstream. But that didn`t happen. What happened was what happened every other time a new fad came along.They just ditched all the bands they had that were out of date & signed up endless Nirvana clones with no musical value whatsoever. Now, this is the bit that I hate the most. During the 90s when this so called underground 'breakout' was supposed to have happened , the music industry were buying each other out so we got to a point were there were only 5 companies owned virtually everything. You can see for yourself here ... http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/record.html These record companies seeing there was something in this 'alternative' movement played along with it, forming new subsiduary labels , playing off the anti-mainstreamism & basically conning people that they were listening to independant music. And people were stupid enough to fall for it. I have to be honest & say i`ve never seen the independant music scene in such a state , yet people are still under the illusion that they are listening to fresh new music . In reality the record industry are just doing what they have always done. When they come across a band that sells records they just find hundreds of clone acts. When Nirvana kicked off we were still getting grunge bands forced down our throats for the next few years. Then when bands like & Green Day & Limp Bizkit made it big , suddenly we were drowning in crap nu metal & pop punk bands. As soon as the White Stripes sold a few albums , every 2 bit garage band were being offered major label deals When Coldplay made it big , now we are still being inundated with soundalike bands even today. The music industry has manipulated people into thinking that they are listening to an alternative , when in reality all thats happening is they are forcing the same soundalike crap onto us & dressing it up as an 'alternative'. I think the biggest shame in all this was that the internet could have done something about this , but it hasn`t. Everytime I walk into a record store I see less & less music not put out by 'The big 5' companies.