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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
BTW, this type of "music" is exactly why people were getting raging hard-ons for Mudhoney and early Nirvana
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This is an interesting point, in that I was one of those people that was listening to stuff like Mudhoney after exposing myself to the whole House thing. Although I was listening to bands like SY, Swans, etc. before it.
Although originating in the US, House music didn't cross-over into the American mainstream until the early 90s - and even then only very slightly. This was a good few years after it completely exploded in Europe, where American artists like Derrick May, Jeff Mills and Juan Atkins now live - aware that what they do simply isn't acceptable in their home country - at least outside of the gay scene.
The attitude behind the 'Disco Sucks' movement in America in the 70s still seems to resonate there today. Why this is I don't know, but it definitely suggests to me a certain conservatism that rests at the very heart of American culture. It's also part of the reason why an album such as Loveless had to come from the UK and not the US. MBV were positively steeped in that culture at the time of recording the album.