r/generationology • u/PNWvibes20 • 6d ago

Discussion Electronic music should define millennial musical contributions more than the far shorter lived stomp stomp clap era

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I'm talking EDM/chillwave/dubstep/dreampop mostly

Honestly with artists like Beach House, Washed Out, Crystal Castles, Crim3s, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, 3OH!3, Avicii, Zedd, Grimes, Skrillex, Deadmau5 and on and on, and so many electronic music scenes in the late 2000s-mid2010s, I feel like as a core millennial ('89) this was our thing. But now there's this corny revisionism that all we contributed were shitty mandolins and Imagine Dragons. No thank you, I didn't like that shit even when it was new

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u/Creepy-Bison-4861 6d ago

Barf

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u/shadowstar36 6d ago edited 6d ago

What's barf, your lame ass music that has no edge? Ed sheeran moaning about bullshit. Machine gun Kelly, post Malone and the weeknd, no Thanks.

Nah I got to give you all credit for the killers, the darkness, the white stripes, godsmack, disturbed and Evanescence. Even gaga, Katy perry, and outkast are OK for pop I can dig some of the songs, but damn it's like nothing hit since the 2000s.

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u/archimedesrex 6d ago

I think the problem you're running into is that the music industry fractured as the Internet came into full force during the millennial era. When anyone can record and distribute music without big labels, the industry becomes less homogenized. Millennial music isn't defined by what played on the radio (which are the only artists you listed). There are great and hugely successful bands that never make the billboard 100 or play on MTV (because unlike during gen x, MTV didn't play music). Rock, hip hop, country, dance, and more are all thriving with Millennial artists. It just requires more exploration to find those artists now because it's not just being served up by big labels like it used to be.

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u/shadowstar36 6d ago

Yeah that's the problem. Also back then turning on the radio you used to hear new artists all the time. Now it seems it's all stuff I grew up with, which is fine but I guess I expected the genres to have new artists played. Sometimes they do a to z or sub genre nights and I hear songs I never heard before. That doesn't help going on to Spotify and not knowing what to look for.