I thought I would never say this: Kid Rock you are awesome!

[HughBeaumont]

13. OH yes. But herein lies the problem in it all: the Mainstream Disease is here to stay.

Perry Farrell confirmed this in a documentary I recently watched. He said something to the effect that around 1994-1995, the recording industry looked at all of the drug/crime/lineup problem/suicide issues their rock bands were having and finally said "No more freaks, no more headaches". We're just going to give this little girl or boy from Disney a pop song and that will be it. That will be how we make money.

During 1980-1993, there was at least a groundswell of underground rock artists that were somewhat available to alleviate the horridity belched out by the Michael Jacksons, Gerardos, Bon Jovis, Vanilla Ices and various Madonna-bes of the world. They were developed by their labels over time and some, like Faith No More, Jane's Addiction and Metallica, went on to success and touring shows and for a while, things started to look up.

But sometime after that, the music industry just abandoned all experimentation & new artist development and only cared about formulaic hard rock, lousy hip hop like Diddy, Nashville Country Music Factory crap and teen pop. Now if you want good stuff, you really have to dig for it, because labels aren't signing that artist.