I couldn’t help but notice
that Kerrang! are running an issue at the moment hailing the rebirth of British
rock, supposedly led by Rise to Remain (led in turn by Bruce Dickinson’s son.
Hmmm…) While there’s no doubt there’s a few British bands doing well for
themselves right now, I’d say there’s considerably more in the underground who
wouldn’t mind getting a bit more of a push, instead of being overlooked for
numerous years.
With that in mind, Kerrang!,
get off your high horse. British rock never died. It never went away. It just
got shoved into a corner, swept under a carpet and locked in a shed like an
unloved pet, by a magazine that left behind its glory days, shed its notion for
diversity and instead began chasing anything with a foppish haircut and a
penchant for mediocrity. Partly thanks to magazines like yourself, obsessed
with image and the American dollar. With mags like you around, would Motorhead
have succeeded if they had just come about?
The sooner we see proper
rock and roll upcomers like Black Spiders, Hawk Eyes (to name but two) getting proper
coverage, and more proper bands getting a push instead of yet more style above
substance, I’ll actually believe you.
You’re late to the party. British
rock did fine without you, and is doing just fine without you now.
Peter
Clegg
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