The Verve

Sounds like what a Canadian would say

Are you Canadian? No one knows who that is outside of Canada or cares about that interview. If it makes you feel better, Dave apologized for his interview. It’s irrelevant. Sold out Wembley so guess it didn’t impact their career 😄

Ok dude if you only Song 2 I’m guessing you don’t know much British music in general

Blur were massive in the UK and prolific songwriters….incredible catalog of songs

Nirvana was the Kinks of the 90s

Blur - The Beatles of the 90s

1999-2002 were the golden years of pop-punk with bands like Saves the Day, blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, New Found Glory, and The Starting Line (highly underrated pop-punk band).

After 2003 it became more sterile and manufactured with bands like Yellowcard, Fall Out Boy, Cartel, Boys Like Girls, Paramore, and the All-American Rejects.

Drive-Thru Records and Fueled by Ramen were the two big pop-punk labels at the time but most commercial pop-punk bands had major label deals by 2005. The genre died quickly by 2008.

Grab your skateboard and blast these Pop-Punk Tunes

Shoulder to the Wheel - Saves the Day (1999)

Up and Go - The Starting Line (2002)

Sweetness - Jimmy Eat World (2001)

Sincerely Me - New Found Glory (2000)

Song 2 - Blur

Massive Attack….rap purists probably won’t consider trip hop but these guys have some great flow, good rhymes and unique delivery….incredible live band as well…not really positive energy though but worth a listen

Also recommend Digable Planets and De La Soul

Isn’t every Deftones song like that 😂

Much of this is due to cultural listening habits for example America vs UK.

If you look at the top albums in the US on Billboard over the last forty years there is little variation and most are in the pop/R&B genre with albums holding on for weeks at the top.

Whereas in the UK the top albums change weekly across multiple genres. The BBC radio played a massive part in exposing a country to multiple genres and styles of music. The UK still often breaks alternative American artists and new genres (house/techno).

In the US, listener habits have always been segregated on radio, so while marketing does play a part American audiences are very specific when listening to music.

There aren’t enough Americans that have listening habits across multiple genres to grow songs from the underground to mainstream. Overall quite conservative.

Toro Y Moi - ‘How I Know’

Don’t think it’s it but has ghosts running around a haunted mansion.

Independent labels are roughly 40% of the market and revenue is growing which is only a sign the modern music industry is thriving.

Today indie labels often setup licensing and distribution deals with a major for a portion of the profits. The 1975 for example are on an indie label Dirty Hit with a distribution deal with Universal (Polydor in UK and Interscope in US).

It's similar to the 1980s when most new wave/alternative artists were on indie labels but might have had a distribution deal with a major like The Smiths (Rough Trade) and Depeche Mode (Mute) under Sire (Warner) in the US.

Major labels most likely aren't going to acquire bigger indies such as Beggars Group or Secretly Group, so don't think you will see a return to the 1990s when the underground went mainstream after Island, A&M, Geffen, and Virgin were acquired in the late 80s/early 90s.