Friday, June 24, 2011

The Cycle of Underground Music

Whether you're a fan of metal like myself, hip hop, whatever it might be - there's a trend that I find pretty humorous among the hipsters of any genre:

Band X is discovered by a handful of people.  No one seems to know much about Band X, which adds to the intrigue.  The music is legitimately good, and the handful of people can't wait to tell people about this band they discovered!

Band X starts to gain momentum - chatter about them starts to pick up on message boards and other social medias.  Rave reviews start to surface.

Band X is the talk of the underground.  More and more people start to catch on, and Band X is all of a sudden doing a full world tour.

Hipsters never liked Band X.  Band X are superficial and really don't add anything to the music scene.  Sellouts!

Repeat.

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