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Originally posted by Hootie
I was watching something on VH1 that talked about the death of late 80's "hair bands"...they didn't understand where the Seattle music came from. They offered people an escape with songs like "girls girls girls" and "Hot for teacher" and suddenly the younger kids were more interested in songs about death and depression and hate. Freaky!
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No, suddenly MTV and the rock-critic press decided Nirvana were the Next Big Thing and they stopped playing Poison, BonJovi etc.
Unlike other Next Big Things (see: New York Dolls and Replacements, The) grunge/new punk/whatever you wanna call it was heavily marketed through MTV. When this was tried before local radio stations wouldn't play stuff their listeners didn't want to hear. By the 90's and the rise of MTV and Crap Channel, what got to the listeners could be more effectively controlled.
If you haven't seen "Hype!" (it's running now on either IFC or Sundance) do so - it's extremely eye opening. (And Eddie comes off like a total dork.)
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