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There is something to worry about with gangster rap and some of the "avant- garde" gross out singers and groups, like Marilyn Manson. It is not the same as, for example, Alice Cooper. However, these represent a limited segment of the market, and may already have reached their apogee, so it is difficult to gauge what the on- going influence might be.....Rock and roll always tended to include most of pop music of the period after '54. Remember when no one doubted that the Four Seasons, the Ronettes, and Elvis all belonged in the category? Actually, the tendency has been to "thin slice", which is why it can be asserted that country music has outpaced rock. Now, there are stations for "modern rock", "heavy metal", "urban contemporary" (what we used to call "soul"), "MOR", and so forth, plus the mix formats, oldies, and so forth. There are many more stations that play some version type of rock and roll or rhythm and blues, but the country market is not so fragmented.... |
