The mere act of listening to music from before the late 90s and after makes Music Ground Zero so evident that even pop cultists are starting to notice.
NB: As you read the following, keep in mind that this is the bio of the account that tweeted it:
Observe the pop cultist–if not peripheral death cultist’s–insights.
The events our pop cult archivist relates are true. But his choice of starting point overlooks the upheavals that shook the industry in the late 80s. That omission suggests indifference to what came before the commenter’s time. It’s more indicative of Gen Y obliviousness than Millennial style contempt, thus supporting the later self-identification.
Record labels let popular but expensive hair metal bands’ contracts lapse in favor of singing cheaper unknown acts. Record companies manufactured the grunge fad with a few strokes of a pen–necessary context for what follows.
And there it is. Record labels strangled the thriving rock scene that had dominated since the 70s to replace it with a pale imitator. Only for the 1996 Telecommunications Act to administer the coup de grace.
Once again, an art form’s time of death is called in the late 90s. Cultural Ground Zero is undeniable.
Which goes to show that even the mushroom cloud in the asteroid impact aftermath has a silver lining.
1996? This guy may actually be a late Gen Xer. But remember, the formative experience model of generations is a continuum, not a graduated line.
Couldn’t put this one down!
