Today's question: Is the UK goth scene broken? And, if so, just what changes d'you think would be needed to fix it?
Yes, I know this is a can of worms. But I'm curious to see what people think. This is mostly sparked by Uncle Nem's excellent Leipzig piece and the LJ comments it triggered.
(Now that you've lured him to Leipzig, can we drag him to M'era Luna next year,
chimera_s? I'd quite like to see a similar write-up on that, a very different kind of German festival...).
Yes, I know this is a can of worms. But I'm curious to see what people think. This is mostly sparked by Uncle Nem's excellent Leipzig piece and the LJ comments it triggered.
(Now that you've lured him to Leipzig, can we drag him to M'era Luna next year,
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Date: 2003-08-12 02:53 pm (UTC)that's not true. Agreed, some songs get played a lot there, but there is also new material/bands coming through all the time as well. I think you also have to take into account what the people going to clubs tend to request week in week out too, and their attitude to new music... which leads us back to the "not going to see small bands" side of things...