| Mosrite |
11-11-2005 04:31 PM |
The sad fact is that all sub genres of what we collectively call 'alternative' tend to be very, very close minded about other sub genres. And woe to the 'alternative' artist who might accidentally hit some commercial success- the result is not unlike watching a nature documentary in which a mother eats her own young. Not a pretty sight. What makes this even more difficult is when different sub genres embrace the same artist as 'one of them'- Sounds like that's what you stumbled into- Punks like the Ramones because they basically invented the form (contrary to what Sex Pistols fans might say); alt. fans like them because they stuck to their collective guns stylistically and never enjoyed commercial success like Blondie, Talking Heads, or some of their other peers. This closed-mindedness in an art form that professes to embrace individual expression and free expression is ironic in the extreme. The only silver lining I can offer you is from my own experience- the true fans of punk in my day (early 80's) tended to embrace all of the above mentioned sub genres- the "posers"- people who were along for the ride because it was cool and trendy- also tended to be the most closed-minded, and tended to be the ones who did the things that happened to you. They eventually go away and join the next allegedly cool trend (line dancing, in the case of the early 80's posers). I couldn't think of a better fate for them.:naughty:
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