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I doubt that if there is a "new Nirvana" that they'll sound anything
like Nirvana. That's the whole point, isn't? Something fresh and different (even though they weren't). I mean, if ya really wanna invite scorn, you could say that Britney Spears was the "next" Nirvana, being that she spearheaded (pardon the pun) the wave of teen-pop that overtook mainstream airwaves just as boldly as Nirvana did with the alterna.corps. In that instance, it's already happened.
Moreover, the whole evolution of music needn't be cyclical. There doesn't have to be and there isn't necessarily going to be a "new" Beatles or VU or Ramones or Sex Pistols or Gang of Four or whomever. If you wanted to be a real cynic, you could say that in terms of rock'n'roll, it's all been done.
..which is why you should relegate that copy of Nevermind to the coaster tray and buy more Killing Joke albums, you fucking flannel-clad penguins.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Um, not to be snippy, but your answer is a bit vague.
It's like pointing at the universe and saying "the answer is there."
Please point me in the right direction.
(xpost)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
My answer is vague because the question is pointless. If there is going to be a next big phenomenon, chances are that it won't take the shape you expect it to nor appear when you want it to. Moreover, it needn't happen at all.
A watched pot never boils and all that. Go on with your lives. If it happens, chance are that you'll notice.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, whoops, sorry...didn't see the x-post. My point still stands, though.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
where's that quote from about "the world was waiting for the next sinatra, and they got elvis. waiting for the next elvis, they got the beatles. waiting for the next beatles, they got led zeppelin. waiting for the next zeppelin, they got the sex pistols. waiting for the next pistols, they got run dmc."
― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:43 (nineteen years ago) link