Quote Originally Posted by AcidTrash View Post
Just thinking. Turning it on its head, what notable sea changes in music have occured in times of economic prosperity and stability?

The blues were born of slavery, psychedelia was born of the hippie movement during a social revlolution, why is it so implausible that rave was a counter reaction to to the birth of modern consumer captialism as we know it?
Disco ? Its the only one I could think of that didnt fit your hypothesis.