The Stone Roses, Soundgarden, Black Sabbath, Happy Mondays, At The
Drive in.... These are just some of the bands that have chosen to bury the
hatches, cash the huge record companies check and reunite to play live again.
Whilst this is great news for all those fans that didn’t get to witness
the band the first time round or wish to relive the glory days, it poses quite
a threat to the music industry that most people seemed to have totally ignored.
A band nowadays can work incredibly hard for years,
touring relentlessly to gain attention but the instant a band that have been
split up for the last 20 years come around they’re instantly pushed aside. The
21st century mentality on music has created a situation
which will have a massive impact on the industry. What will happen in the
future when Ozzy and pals eventually go to the great gig in the sky? In an
extreme scenario we will end up having no bands capable enough to play massive
festival and stadium shows and we’re pretty much already in that situation. We
have become so concerned with reliving the past that we have forgotten that a
present and future exist, and I feel like the minority that is actually
worried.
Whilst most bands reuniting have their original lineup and have a purpose for their reunion, others seem to be reuniting for
the sake of it (Who in their right mind asked for a Queen reunion with a runner
up of American Idol? That’s the equivalent of reuniting Nirvana with Frankie
Cocozza as the new lead singer). I wonder if the future will see record
companies reanimating bands in order to fill up festival headline slots.
It seems like a pretty bleak future if we don’t act now and
support up and coming artists. The reunion of bands from yesterday may seem like
an exciting prospect for the time being, but once they're in their wheelchairs
too old to rock out, who’s going to be there to fill their shoes?
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