Poll: Dubstep: The next big thing in mainstream or another come and go fad?

[Something Amyss]

A 10 year old style is the next big thing?

Nope.

Yeah, that's never happened before....

*coughSeattlegrungeretrorockindiemusicetc*

Anyway, don't care as long as I don't have to listen to the garbage. And I hate the mentality that it will suck just because 12 year olds know it.

Really? I thought grunge was big in the mid 90's, then kinda died out. I didn't think it got big 10 years later. Not that I'm an expert or anything, like I said when I added to my original post.

Got it backwards. Grunge WAS the "ten years later." When SLTS hit, my dad was playing me "Seattle Grunge" from early 80s Boston. And I don't mean the band, in case people think this is a "Teen Spirit/More Than a Feeling" comparison.

 

[BeepBoopBrother]

I believe that the elements that dubstep has made popular will possibly be around for a very long time, but pure dubstep tracks probably won't be on the radio for a very long time. Dubstep is too unstructured for it to be mainstream. Dubstep fans love grimy, filthy bass pumping into your brain faster than you can think, but most people can't stand it. That being said, there are slower dubstep songs that I think more people would find enjoyable.

This is just my opinion though. Anything can happen in the music industry.
(I absolutely love dubstep ever since I heard my first track a few years ago. I'm one of those people that really enjoy that deep nasty bass and a ridiculous bassdrop. I know that some people find it irritating, though.)

 

[EllEzDee]

It'll be just like other types of DnB going mainstream; it means nothing. The music will continue to thrive until the next big thing, possibly some form of Folk/Country, takes the podium.

 

[Jesus Phish]

It won't go mainstream. It might get a few songs on the radio, it might appear as being novel tool in popular songs for some popular artists (I could see Mrs. Spears having a dubstep part on a song), but it just doesnt have a mainstream appeal.

 

[Sun Flash]

Naah, I think it'll be a flash in the pan. Kind of like europop/rave music in the 90s. I can't see it's lasting appeal for the mainstream.

That said I am a fan, particularly of remixes. Chrispy's Inspector Gadget remix is awesome.

 

[Rarhnor]

Where's the "What is Dubstep" option? I do not know what this "Dubstep" is.

Think about your favorite song. Electronize it and apply a consistent "wom wom wom wom wom.." sound to the background of the beat.

Yeah...

 

[Burwood123]

dubs been around a long time well, about 6-7 years, t's never been really big, it isnt going mainstream because noone wants to listen to it in their car, it isnt even club music, sure there'll be special radioshows and clubs but there are now and theyre pretty rare

 

[spiffleh]

For everyone who doesn't know what it is...


Anyway it's played in most clubs in England i think (Or maybe it's just the Northeast? =\), I've just gotten used to it, but i don't actually like it (if that makes sense)

GAH. How could they do that to the awesome music from Memoirs of a Geisha!? And I generally like most forms of electronic music ;___;

 

[Verlander]

It already is pretty mainstream, so this is a kinda flawed poll. People used to say that DnB had too strong roots to the underground, but then Pendulum and Andy C came and played until we could take no more

 

[BENZOOKA]

No. I don't even...

Electric music has always had a fanbase.

 

[Hosker]

Gah, it's so bad. No, it won't go mainstream; it won't even get close.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

I certainly hope not.

I thought it only really "works" when people are drunk too.

 

[LiftYourSkinnyFists]

Whether you like dubstep or not, you can not deny the fact that its popularity has increased in leaps and bounds since the middle of 2010. Hell, even Rusko is producing the new Britney Spears album (as much as that pains me to know.) However, as dubstep slowly moves from the UK underground to the radio, do you guys here at Escapist believe that it is going to be the next big genre of music to explode through the mainstream this decade like Hair Metal in the 80s, Rap in the 90s, and Pop in the 2000s, or are its underground roots too strong to allow it to do so?

To those that are listeners of Dubstep, will you continue to listen to dubstep even if you see 12 year old girls screaming names like Doctor P and Nero like they do Justin Bieber now? Personally, I would be a bit turned off the genre as a whole if it busted through the mainstream like pop but hey, that's just my non-conformist nature. Discuss.

EDIT: The first option frigged up somehow and it's supposed to be, "Yes, It's going to hit the mainstream harder than a freight train."

It's already quite mainstream just so you know.

 

[Atmos Duality]

The only way it can break into mainstream in America is if it somehow becomes more obnoxious and soulless than current pop music.

Yeah...I somehow doubt that's happening any time soon.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

It may be gaining popularity, but it won't have mass market success. It's far to strange for the average listener. Very few 15 year olds are going to listen to shit like this
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[Stickwell]

I know nothing of the Genre... I listen to Aphex Twin... Thats where my electronica/Techno/whateverthefuckhedoes ends.

 

[Zyphonee]

For everyone asking what dubstep is:

Take a song ---> Play it on a stereo ---> Throw said stereo in a dishwasher ---> Record and have kids make Call of Duty montages with it.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

noone wants to listen to it in their car

I have to disagree with the "noone". I know a couple people, myself included, who enjoy dubstep in their car, at home, while doing homework, gaming, etc.

To be fair though, it is a very small minority of people, so your point still stands.

 

[Doive]

No way are 12 year old girls going to be in the places I go for dubstep. It will decline in popularity on the radio because it has nowhere to go beyond that for a mainstream audience. Any proper dubstep/dnb event I've ever been to, and I've been to a fair few, I'd say most people are on some kind of drug. It's "cool" to all those little beiberite shites at the moment but it won't be the next big thing because of it's strong links to drug use.