Mainstream

The bane of the elite, mainstream media (mostly musical) receives constant abuse from many listeners of underground/unsigned bands/musicians. A band is often labled mainstream when it attempts to appeal to a wider audience, such as when Slipknot released 'The Subliminal Versus', or Cradle of Filth's more recent releases. Of course the most topical band on this subject at the moment is Green Day. After releasing 'American Idiot', the elitist hoards (as opposed to the pop-culture masses) cried out curses of 'Selling Out'. Unfortunatly this will never end, because there must always be an underdog, and elitism is blessed cross to bear. Although one must ask the question, out of the mainstream and the underground, which is the oppressor, and which is the oppressed...