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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Musical Cultural Question |
| Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:39:31 -0400 |
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From: "Andrew Hickey" <stealthmunchkin@gmail.com>
To: <president@bullseyecanada.com>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: Musical Cultural Question
> On 7/28/06, Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> At Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:02:25 Josh wrote:
>>
>> >How would you fill in the blank here?
>> >
>> >Baby boomer ('46-'64) musical icons: Beatles; Dylan; Motown
>> >Gen X ('65-'76) musical icons: U2; Kurt Cobain; Michael Jackson
>>
>> I think Nirvana is out of place here....kids born in this time period
>> would
>> have been in their 20's when Cobain struck big/out. The formative years
>> for
>> musical inspiration (at least in my experience) is the 10-18 year range.
>> Even a kid born in 1976 would already be 18 by the time Nirvana had made
>> their impact. I think they belong in your Gen Y category.
>
> I disagree. Nevermind was released in 91, and Nirvana were already
> known to the more musically-knowledgeable before that.So you're
> actually talking roughly 15-25 by that definition of Gen X, which is
> prime record-buying/gig-going time.
I'll second that. I was 21 in 1991 when Nirvana reached its pinnacle. It was
darn hard not to be affected by them on or the "alternative rock" boom that
followed. The years between 91-95 seemed like validation of the college
radio that had preceded it. All that stuff had a huge impact on me. Some of
the bands that flowered in that time (Sugar, VelCrush, Oasis, Blur) remain
favorites to this day.
john micek.
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