Last of the Bandwagon Jumpers

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THE THESIS

The Bravery are part of an important tradition whereby the scene du jour (currently the post-punk revival) produces a farcical and grotesquely derivative group who serve notice of that scene's creative death. Realising this we can all move onto something new and stop wasting our time.

HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS:

Garage rock revival: Jet
Nu-Metal: Staind
Trip Hop: Sneaker Pimps
Britpop: Menswear/Northern Uproar

Note that these groups are often condemned by the scene's initial adherents (Strokes->Jet, Killers->Bravery) but often have quite a lot of commercial success.

So, people, who are the equivalents for grunge, acid house, prog rock &c?

― D.G. Jones (D.G. Jones), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

Grunge: Silverchair, Bush

The London-centric 'Guerilla gig' scene, or whatever the fuck NME is calling it this week: The Others

― bitter young man, Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

I don't think they necessarily serve as a death knell - they often appear quite quickly after a sound gets big. And I don't think they're always bandwagon jumpers either. Often, the bands are pre-existing, but record companies (or hell, the public) suddenly pay them attention that wasn't paid before.

Madchester: Northside, of course.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

Electroclash: Fischerspooner

(ducks)

― bitter young man, Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

Acid House: Candy Flip or Fatboy Slim, depending on perspective.

― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

I want to say

Freak folk/weird america/whatever - Joanna Newsom

...but I don't think the death is happening yet. Does that mean that psych-Americana fans await an even more farcical and terrible artist to arise?!

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 16 April 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

I also want to say

Emocore - My Chemical Romance

...but to my bewilderment, ILM seems to enjoy the fact that they are such a "farcical and grotesquely derivative group."

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 16 April 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Rock and Roll - The Beatles.

― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 April 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Hiphop: "Snot Rap"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 April 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

I wouldn't say acid house is necessarily dead, and even if it was, Fatboy Slim would hardly qualify as a participant. Recent champions of the sound as it first appeared in Chicago include Chris Carrier vs. Fries & Bridges "School Of Acid," Tiefschwarz' "Acid Soul," and Chris Duckenfield of Swag's recent "Bad Acid" comp featuring Freaks, Soul Mekanik, and Mr. Barcode (Jay Tripwire), among other respected producers. I'm just sayin'. :)

― Norman, Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

A lot of people thought D-Mob's "We Call It Acieeed" was the death-knell for the genre. That was in 1988.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

Nu-Metal: Staind

Staind weren't really bandwagon jumpers, they were sucking right along with Korn, Limp Bizkit, etc. right from the beginning.

― latebloomer: strawman knockdowner (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Yes, to be fair the point of Nu Metal was that it was "farcical and grotesquely derivative".

― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Romantic opera: Puccini

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Jazz: Sting

― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles: Oasis

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

Oasis: Northern Uproar

― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

Northern Uproar: Kaiser Chiefs

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

ROFFLE!

― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Kaiser Chiefs: Kano

― zeus, Saturday, 16 April 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

acid not dead?
you must be kidding. and Tiefschwarz isn't acid anyway.

― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Sunday, 17 April 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Liars>Rapture>Killers>Bravery

― jmeister (jmeister), Sunday, 17 April 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

GLAM METAL: TUFF

― charleston charge (chaki), Sunday, 17 April 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

Big Beat: Freestylers

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Sunday, 17 April 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

"GLAM METAL: TUFF" - ha ha ha ha: I totally forgot about those guys.

"Madchester: Northside, of course" - What about The Dylans?

― Yngwie AlmsteenMay (sgertz), Monday, 18 April 2005 00:02 (twenty years ago)

Big Beat: More like Apollo 440

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 April 2005 00:03 (twenty years ago)

New Romantics: Kajagoogoo

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 April 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

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