it's shite, a form of cloaking device to bundle the masses into one wavelength of similar thought...escape this desease of a music, lusten to underground music, music that requirtes thought and talent
by techno fan July 09, 2004
Metal went mainstream and now its pretty much dead, grunge died as quickly as it rose to mainstream, rap is way too mainstream and is gonna be next.
by h8theh8rs September 02, 2006
CRAPPY MUSIC that goes by the standards and implied guidelines set by other songs that are currently popular.
The only inkling of individuality is either a) the lead singer's voice, or b)the fucking tone of the guitar.
Both of those are still a rarity.
Sometimes, you can define a mainsrteam band by the ranking they are at on the top 40 list, or the iTunes most popular. But not always, because sometimes good indie music is mistakenly put there.
The only inkling of individuality is either a) the lead singer's voice, or b)the fucking tone of the guitar.
Both of those are still a rarity.
Sometimes, you can define a mainsrteam band by the ranking they are at on the top 40 list, or the iTunes most popular. But not always, because sometimes good indie music is mistakenly put there.
jock: "Dude, I just got this new CD. It's 'American Idiot' man!! I feel so bad-ass! Aren't they awesome, singing about America and shit?!"
smart indie kid: "Fuck man, don't spend money on that mainstream garbage.
Go buy some Pinback."
smart indie kid: "Fuck man, don't spend money on that mainstream garbage.
Go buy some Pinback."
by Tartar Martyr June 23, 2005
In the opinion of morons, such as almost everyone posting on this page, mainstream is the epitomy of conformity and capitalistic exploitation tactics. To follow mainstream, in the opinion of such idiots, is to be weak and conformist.
Mainstream is marketable and appealling to the masses because it's popular and more likeable. Most "non-mainstream" artists would do anything to become mainstream.
Mainstream is marketable and appealling to the masses because it's popular and more likeable. Most "non-mainstream" artists would do anything to become mainstream.
Mainstream is frowned at by morons between the ages 14-24 due to their inability to see the wood through the trees.
by starky August 04, 2007
by kelly caldwell October 27, 2006
A machination of the corporate world. Designed to target a creative outlet and turn it into a business model, target market, key demographic, etcetera.
How the mainstream operates:
1. The mainstream is established...
2. An alternative is established to the mainstream...
3. The mainstream targets the alternative...
4. The alternative becomes the mainstream...
And therefore the alternative loses its identity, having become absorbed by the very system it was established to rally against. Mainstream for the masses...
1. The mainstream is established...
2. An alternative is established to the mainstream...
3. The mainstream targets the alternative...
4. The alternative becomes the mainstream...
And therefore the alternative loses its identity, having become absorbed by the very system it was established to rally against. Mainstream for the masses...
by GoAskAlex1991 August 01, 2011
Mainstream is what's the new trend. when one "style" gets old, a new one is reborn, a mainstream person is someone who jumps from trend to trend so that they fit in with the rest of the crowd. Mainstream is being what society thinks you should be, and look like.
Avril lavigne took the casual wearage of the tie,something "underground" and unique, and turned it into something everyone wears, she turned it into something "normal", a trend. mainstream.
by Emily Pormann July 15, 2003