In a message dated 97-01-02 00:50:46 EST, you write:
quoted 3 lines Does anyone know how fast "Electronica" is growing, or believe it can> Does anyone know how fast "Electronica" is growing, or believe it can
> ever be so listener-friendly to become more than nominally mainstream?
>
Well let's look at it this way. Some groups and performers will become
generally accepted by the mainstream audience Prodigy, Chemical Brothers (Sad
but true) seem like they are headed this way.
For example, Nine Inch Nails. I have on more than one occasion mentioned
other bands that predated NIN in the industrial genre to some apparently hard
core NIN fans.
"What'z this Front 242? The sound like a ripoff of NIN. Uhhh they like suck
or sumpthin'. Huh uh huh huh huh"
MAYBE they will have heard of Ministry, or even possibly Nitzer Ebb. I am no
real autority on Industrial (or music in general :) ), but I present it
merely as an example.
I think the same will be true of this latest "trend".
Just a thought,
Eric