Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been....?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

One of the battlegrounds in the Hip Hop Wars was NME's "C86" cassette, a tape compiled by some of the paper's writers, later described as "the most indie thing to have ever existed". While many of the bands were later embarassed by it and while it suffers from the usual post-facto "OMG it wasn't a scene" backlash (sure, it wasn't a scene in the sense of bands working and collaborating together, but it captures a mood quite well), its legend lives on.

Here's a poll about it:


[Poll #829524]


SHAMBLE ON.

Comments

some c86 resources for you

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

http://mockingmusic.blogspot.com/2006/04/nme-c86-side-b.html not MOCKING ENOUGH if you ask me - with mp3 downloads!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86_(music) - making the fair point that C86 now sums up bands more from 88/89 (sarah records i'm looking at you)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86_(music) "A blog keeping C86 alive and championing new bands!" good grief

Re: some c86 resources for you

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

and http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=5069023&showall=true