Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Toronto, You ******!
Controversy in Electronic Music
Besides the fact that a lot of people link ecstasy and other drugs with raves and edm, was there ever a time where the music itself had controversy?
Jan-27-2006 05:27
Spacey Orange
still loves trance.
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: California
Yup in the 70s with disco.
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12 Jul 1979 It is "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago's Comiskey Park, where baseball tickets cost only $.98 if the purchaser brings along a disco record for the bonfire. During the second game of the doubleheader, thousands of vinyl LPs fly onto the field, generating enough chaos that the White Sox are forced to forfeit.
Like the White Sox were going to win anyways , they sucked back then. so no harm there.
Jan-27-2006 06:37
Sykonee
Supreme EMCritic
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada
There was that whole Smack My Bitch Up thing with the Prodigy.
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Jan-27-2006 06:59
Philby
Statement: Die, meatbag!
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Originally posted by Sykonee
There was that whole Smack My Bitch Up thing with the Prodigy.
wasn't 'firestarter' the one that started all that? but anyway
Well, there's the lawsuits over plaigarism. I suppose there was the Armin versus Mauro Picotto thing for 'Like This Like That' ripping off 'Blue Fear'. There was also a case where a Sony trance artist ripped off Rolando's 'Jaguar', subsequently setting off a legal battle between Mad Mike and Sony. And waaaay back in the early 80's when Kraftwerk sued Bambaataa/Baker/Robie for their obvious ripping off of two Kraftwerk tracks.
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Jan-27-2006 11:25
burner69
tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Cardiff, Wales
I went to a mint night out once. And my mate said he didn't enjoy it as much as me. And I disagreed.
Jan-27-2006 11:59
thoughtlessjex
Yakkity Yak
Registered: May 2004
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
If the kind of person that includes Hip Hop among EDM (which it is), then yeh. Whole lot of controversy. Just ask Wal-Mart.
Originally posted by thoughtlessjex
If the kind of person that includes Hip Hop among EDM (which it is), then yeh. Whole lot of controversy. Just ask Wal-Mart.
lawl...
wallmart eh?
speaking of wallmart, I took this in my local wallmart a few months ago.
Originally posted by Nightscape
Besides the fact that a lot of people link ecstasy and other drugs with raves and edm, was there ever a time where the music itself had controversy?
Sex pistols - god save the queen - that took our country by storm and set up anarchy against the law.
Mods and rockers and all the massive fights
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