The Millennial Generation has produced nothing of note culturally.

[Meursault]

I know there are those of you on the forum who object to the idea of personalized generations with unique identities as a pop-sociological construct, and it is. But the marketing experts who create the economy believe in the concept: consequentially it is real as long as they do.

Nine Inch Nails are on tour again. I'm far more excited to see Trent Reznor, who turns fifty this year, than I am to see any band with members my own age - and half of his - in it.

We may be remembered for tremendous strides in technology, and in politics. But I cannot think of a twentysomething or thirtysomething writer or director or visual artist of today who will be long remembered. And our music - acoustic rock with whispered, waif-like vocals, or overproduced EDM - is bilge.

[Meursault]

Just one back. If I could, I'd have been born about 1974.

[Meursault]

There are lots of wannabe Millie Bob Dylans, to the extent sh**tty jangly indie rock dominates the white teenaged middle-class musical scene. What is sorely missing are the wannabe Jim Morrisons. Music has gotten incredibly tame, even since 2000.

[Meursault]

Of course my opinion is subjective. You spent three paragraphs pointing out the obvious.

And I'm not quite a 90s kid - I was born in 1989, making me a bit too young to have caught music at its edgiest. And it's not like there isn't loud and fast Millie music - it's just incredibly stupid. Like Five Finger Death Punch.

[Meursault]

NIN's new material is certainly bland EDM, and TReznor is probably partly to blame for the deluge of boring beep-blip-bloop muzak. But my first love is Broken. "Last" hits like a shotgun blast to the ballsack.

[Meursault]

That said, I wish industrial would make a comeback, and I don't care whether it's as Foetus/Coil/:wumpscut: weirdness or as Big Black/Ministry/Marilyn Manson rock. The youth is thirsty for ironic angst. And I sh**t on that garbage the industry tried selling us on in 2011-12, with the bass drops.

[Meursault]

Sure, NIN were mallgoth f****try. Manson even moreso. That's probably why I like them (well, that and the sheer work that the latter put into everything on his records save the music itself).

[Meursault]

If you can stand industrial metal, check out The Kovenant. "New World Order" is a delightful bit of totalitarian cheese.