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Truth is interesting to try and place in wider culture.
There was a big change at the end of the 90's. Yes, you had bands like the Manics who stepped into Oasis's shoes, but the yoof was arguing about the relevance of guitars even back then. I also remember James saying something about how The Everlasting was the last of a dying breed because it has a massive guitar solo (or something along those lines.) Some things never change. But to Tom's point, what did change (or seemed to) after that was a shift in the definition of mainstream music. The point here is that the mainstream press lashing out at MSP was them lashing out at themselves. Before Oasis, Radio 1 listeners wouldn't be seen dead in a muddy field. Alternative music was the hunter for about 25 years. But the likes of the NME didn't know what to do. They ended up putting Missy Elliot, Slipknot and Destiny's Child and shitheap bands like Terris on covers as they scrambled for a purpose. Meanwhile as Top of the Pops and the pop chart disappeared as a cultural force, and as Glasto became a nationally televised institution; the hunter became the hunted. Bands like MSP became every bit as mainstream as the bands they replaced. Sorry, I think that counts as a bit of a thread derail, but it just popped into my head earlier!
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Anyway. My truth. So in keeping with thread. Sort of
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