On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 04:12, Daniel James wrote: > > There > > was "electroclash", from my hometown of Brooklyn, which was touted > > as a new synthesis of dance music and punk but when I finally heard > > it was indistinguishable from early depeche mode / new order / etc. > > Then there's the neo-garage-punk thing - White Stripes, Hives etc. > > - it's OK I guess, but I swear I've heard it all before. > > I think it's fine to rehash old musical styles, as long as you're > honest about the orgins. Passing it off as 'new' to people who aren't > familiar with the orginals is the fault of marketing and media types > rather than musicians, in my experience. > Yup. Except in the case of Led Zeppelin ;-) They put their names on that stuff. That wasn't a record company decision. Jan
