"10,000 Drug Crazed Youths" - 2007 style
One of the most iconic, and ill informed, pieces of coverage of the beginning of rave is always referenced as The Sun's "10,00 Drug Crazed Youths" piece.
I kinda got flashbacks of that today reading an amusing piece on "Nu Rave" (or is it the old free party) scene in The Guardian.
My favourite bits are how the photo (print version) shows some crusty/traveller types, whereas the copy "identified Klaxons, New Young Pony Club, Shitdisco, Trash Fashion and Hot Chip as leading exponents of nu-rave" before amusingly quoting a "council spokeswoman" as to what they sound like (council spokeswoman says: "punk meets disco". Ta for that, luv.)
Is this some strange self fulfilling prophecy, where you start and indie scene dressed in day glow clothes, call it rave and then little by little a rave revival actually grows out of it? Or is this an amusingly badly researched article by The Guardian, who can't tell their cultural sub groups apart?
One of the most iconic, and ill informed, pieces of coverage of the beginning of rave is always referenced as The Sun's "10,00 Drug Crazed Youths" piece.
I kinda got flashbacks of that today reading an amusing piece on "Nu Rave" (or is it the old free party) scene in The Guardian.
My favourite bits are how the photo (print version) shows some crusty/traveller types, whereas the copy "identified Klaxons, New Young Pony Club, Shitdisco, Trash Fashion and Hot Chip as leading exponents of nu-rave" before amusingly quoting a "council spokeswoman" as to what they sound like (council spokeswoman says: "punk meets disco". Ta for that, luv.)
Is this some strange self fulfilling prophecy, where you start and indie scene dressed in day glow clothes, call it rave and then little by little a rave revival actually grows out of it? Or is this an amusingly badly researched article by The Guardian, who can't tell their cultural sub groups apart?
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