Sure, all of those have a huge following. Especially the first three: KoRn, Limp Bizkit, and Rage. And while Rage remains a favorite with most hardcore fans, the first two alter a bit. Is it the fact that hardcore fans don't like trends so as soon as a band they like makes it big with airtime, MTV play, etc., they dump them, or is it the fact that radio is a couple of years behind? By the time KoRn and Limp Bizkit were getting played on the radio, most hardcore fans had moved on, declared that they were no longer a fan. Do we look at hardcore bands on the radio as sell outs -- just because they got played on the radio?
And why aren't other better hardcore bands getting played on the radio . . . like Sevendust, Slipknot, Speak No Evil, Project 86, Incubus, (hed)pe, Clutch, Helmet, Deftones, Pitchshifter, Staind, the list goes on.
It seems to me the radio is the Joker in your deck of cards, the thing you hope never comes around. Television killed the radio star. And radio killed the hardcore star. Hardcore survives mainly on word of mouth alone. After all, look at your most recently purchased hardcore album. Where did you hear about it? Not on the radio, I have a feeling. It was either from a friend or you saw them live. Or you may have bought it for $4 from your local used CD shop because it had a really cool cover, but that doesn't count.
If hardcore has survived this long on word of mouth, I believe we don't need radio. In fact, we'd prefer it not show its ugly head on the hardcore genre. Not unless we're going to be given our own station. Our own segment. Don't toss us in amongst Third Eye Blind and The Cardigans. We deserve better than that. They don't.
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