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Originally Posted by bogey_j
when does a musical movement die? is it officially dead once its co-opted by big corporations and dumbed-down for the mainstream? is it oversaturation that kills it? does it die the moment its overground?
take punk for example. if you think punk is dead, when do you think it died and what do you think killed it?
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It arrived in 1976 and by 1978 it had died. Replaced by New-Wave, Post-Punk and Hardcore Punk. Grunge arrived around 1988 as a mainstream sound and died around 1995 and was replaced by Post-Grunge or converged with the Alternative Rock scene. Thrash came in around 1983 and died out around 1988 in fact killed off by Grunge and most of the original thrash groups by this time, had slowed down their sound and were bringing different elements in anyway.
These dates I`ve put, are just relative to the movements in general, as the hardcore elements will still keep the movements candle burning, even after it has largely died out with a lot of the original acts moving onto other styles.