Re: "individualizing" music

["L Tremblay" <ltct@concentric.net>]

>>
>>I consider the Grunge trend an outgrowth of '77 Punk, which btw is pretty
>>well-documented in the documentary "The Year Punk Broke", featuring Sonic
>>Youth and Nirvana on tour. It took Amerika 10-15 years to really "get 
>it".
>
>You're right. There are a lot of similarities between the punk movement 
>and
>the whole early 90's "alternative" thing (including the rave movement).
It's
>kind of like "punk for a new generation" becuase a sizeable chunk of 
>people
>putting out music now were too young to have been influenced by punk as it
>happened. I was 2. 30 year old musicians today were 9. 20 year old
musicians
>today were -3.  A lot of us didn't know about punk until the whole
>"alternative" craze was subsiding.
>
>I have to admit I'm guilty of making generalizations when it comes to 
>these
>things. Oh well, sorry about that, but I believe that a lot us needed that
>second "punk" movement.


You're right, it was Punk Pt. II, and it was sorely needed. Hopefully 
people
"get it" now and can apply the same lessons to the Web.

Regards,

Larry