[kj] [KJ] OT: Just check out the tribal drums &chiming guitar...

[Alexander Smith]

Well, precisely -- I doubt anyone *other* than journalists were using  
these terms in earnest. By the same token, I suppose said journalists  
were faced with the dilemma of how to encapsulate certain sub-genres,  
scenes, etc. It's just that "positive punk" could quite possibly be  
the lamest tag of all time.

Let's remember that it was also the journos who came up with tags like  
"goth," "shoegazer," "baggy" and the like.

"Straight Edge," meanwhile, was brought about by the bands themselves  
(for whatever that's worth). Not sure who coined "Emo," but whoever  
they are sure be pelted with bags of their own dung.

Alex in NYC


On Jun 4, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Peter Moltesen wrote:


> >They're all pretty meaningless tags.

>

> lol :o)

> They’re there for the use of lazy journalists

>

> And then those positive punk bands (Sisters, NMA, Southern/Death/ 

> Cult, Bauhaus etc)

> became ‘goth’ bands, before some (NMA) progressed to folk rock or  

> metal (the Cult) ;o)

>

> Peter

>

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