METAL,METAL EVERYWHERE! THE FLOOD OF THE METAL MARKET.

"FLOODING THE MARKET" WAS A COMMON WAY FOR RECORD COMPANIES TO CHANGE THE MUSIC SCENE. THIS TREND OCCURS APPROX. EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO. THE SAME WAS DONE WITH SURF MUSIC, PSYCHADELIC MUSIC, DISCO, HARD ROCK, THRASH, GLAM METAL, RAP, ETC. THE IDEA IS TO SIGN AS MANY BANDS AS POSSIBLE, AND PUT OUT AS MUCH PRODUCT AS POSSIBLE IN A SELECTED GENRE, THERE BY FLOODING A MARKET ALREADY SATURATED WITH ARTISTS. IT STARTED IN THE METAL GENRE IN LATE 1987, WITH GLAM ROCK ESPECIALLY PINPOINTED. BANDS LIKE ROXX GANG, SHOTGUN MESSIAH ( FEATURING KMFDM AND MARILYN MANSON ALLUMNI TIM SKOLD) D'MOLLS, PRETTY BOY FLOYD, TUFF,AND MANY OTHERS. NONE OF THESE BANDS SAW ANY REAL SUCCESS, AS THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR ATTENTION FROM A FAN BASE ALREADY BEING FOUGHT FOR BY THE BANDS WHO HAD MADE IT, AND WANTED TO STAY ON TOP. BANDS LIKE MOTLEY CRUE, RATT, POISON, QUIET RIOT, IRON MAIDEN,CINDERELLA,SKID ROW, WARRANT, AND MANY OTHERS. bY 1989,1990, THERE WERE SO MANY BANDS THAT THE RECORD COMPANIES DROPPED MOST OF THEM, LEAVING ROOM ON THEIR ROSTERS FOR THE NEXT BIG THING, IN THIS CASE, GRUNGE. THESE AND MANY OTHER BANDS WENT THE WAY OF OBSCURITY, WHILE THOSE WHO HAD LOYAL FAN BASES , LIKE MOTLEY CRUE, POISON, CINDERELLA AND A FEW OTHERS,HELD FAST, IF NOT LOOSELY, TO THEIR CAREERS. THEN,LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE, THE END OF THE DECADE OF DECADENCE SAW GRUNGE TAKE OVER, AND THEN, ABOUT 5-6 YEARS LATER, THE MARKET WAS AGAIN FLOODED WITH GRUNGE/COLLEGE ROCK,AND THE TREND CHANGED ONCE AGAIN. IN TODAY'S AGE OF THE INTERNET AND SELF-PROMOTING ARTISTS, THE RECORD COMPANIES DO NOT HOLD THE POWER THEY DID IN THE 1980'S. WHETHER THAT IS GOOD OR BAD....????