PLUR is a joke, that much is true. Raves a 'snare of the devil"? Thats a bit of a leap, I'd say.
Oh, and the 'scene' is fine. The 'Old-school Ravers' are the ones who need fixed. The 'scene' was never broken.
Originally posted by: djNickb
Damn I produce and release techno and promote events ........ I'm definitely going to burn lol...... yeah the drugged up kiddies led to the downfall of the scene, but on the upside, the people that come to events now are really there for the music and most events now are at clubs now too so ya know everyone is at least 18.
I'll agree that drugs screwed up the 'scene' for a little while and made events a bit harder to pull off and find, but really I don't think the scene was in any danger of going away. The people that come to parties now ARE there for the music, and a lot of those people are the druggies that started coming during that period where ecstasy and raves and the media were supposedly
DESTROYING the scene.
I've been going to parties since 96, so I was one of those '15 year old kids that ruined everything'. The only things I love more than drum & bass are my daughter and my family. I'm about as dedicated as they come, and as jaded as I am I think its really elitist to sit there and call people 'kiddies' and blame them for ruining the scene when they're the ones keeping it alive and well... You think those 35 year old guys from the early 90s are still showing up every weekend?