fractal wrote:@ cyrusfx : i meant radiohead, the huge mainstream conglomerate that lives on the fm radio over here, in the states... good band really
really? Radiohead's a good band? who's that?
Radiohead are an exception of a handful of exceptions. They have propelled the creation of much strange and wonderful music. The blanket generalizations I make in other threads revolve around the fact that MOST fm radio music is ego-driven, corporate-sponsored regurgitation, the result of a bunch of greedy suits sitting around figuring out how to hang on to the exorbitant amounts of money they already have, which basically involves milking a readily identifiable formula far past the point of death.
Radiohead don't even have a record label as far as I know, so what exactly do you mean by "conglomerate"? Yes, they are mainstream to a certain degree, but so was Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Genesis (who later made crap I admit), even Kraftwerk, New Order, The Cure and Morrissey all enjoyed mainstream success, but again they are largely exceptions to the rule, especially when you consider how much resulting good and interesting music they inspired.
On the other hand, shitty music inspires more shit, that's why you never meet interesting, edgy bands inspired by Oasis or Robbie Williams.