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Why would it be a problem if, without a change in their sound, Gristle drew the adoration of all the little girlies running around listening to NIN right now? What is so awful about the idea of Slayer's whole fanbase seeing the beauty of early KMFDM? Why not embrace the mainstream rather than hoping your favorite artists never see it? They need to eat, you know.

I have a very, very diverse taste in music. I'll listen to bands if they sell out, if I like the sound. I like Slayer! I like early KMFDM.

Personally, I don't care if a band is mainstream or ( not, as long as their sound quality does not go down. (Which more often then not it does sad )

What I consider to be selling out is marketing music in a way that isn't what you actually care to produce, but is mass friendly, and will sell. Kinda like the whole grunge thing in the early nineties.

I don't mind the mindless fans who scream like crazy at the shows because they know the bands most popular single or something, I just think they're silly, and if they want to go blow money on the whole album, then good on them, it's supporting the group, y'know? I do get annoyed with the whole elitist attitude that some of the not so uber into the music fans will sport when they think they can drop names because they heard one song by the group on an online radio station, but hey, as long as they're supporting the group I guess it really doesn't matter.

I don't think I ever had this fear of the mainstream thing. I like Daft Punk and Bjork. When I comes to music, If I like it enough, I listen to it.

NIN [WITH TEETH] made me really upset. Imean there other stuff wasn't too impressing....but this album. I was mad.

And a couple weeks ago, a new friend of mine sadid they liked Industrial music too...i asked them who, they said Panic at the Disco. I heard one song of theirs, and oh my god....it's not good. Atleast not to me. And It doesn't sound like it's industrial. Atleast not to me. Same with Mindless Self indulgence. no offense to anyone here who likes it. But eh. Not my kind of music.

And about the mainstremity of music, it bugs me. Especially for the people who can't pay $50 to go see a concert, of their favorite band. When they become really popular, the true "true" fans get lost in the crowd, and end up losing their role models.

Hah. Known from experience...

when things get close to the mainstream they start going down hill. Bands change thier music to appease the larger crowds. That usually makes for shitty music. Also it really suck when there are a bazillion fan girls/boy to the band you like and they take thier fandom too far and ruin the band for you.

I myself did, in fact, find industrial by NIN(Which actually isn't all that huge itself in Finland), since I wanted to find out more about this mystical "industrial" music. Things rolled on and now I find myself listening to P-Orridge screaming "we hate you". Being mainstream isn't bad, but if the music changes radically into something worse(Notice that word), it's a bad thing.