Genre Classification(was Re: Turn Pale/Radio Berlin)

[patricia at darksleep.com]

While we're on the subject, I've been lately chewing on the term "college
rock", which came about after postpunk essentially split into new wave
and, well, college rock. It was applied to such bands as The Cure, The
Church, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc. (the bands who stayed more guitar
oriented rather than going synth as most new wave did). What I'm wondering
is, did this term ever come into popular usage with the fans of this
music, and is it still appropriate to apply the term to newer bands who
are reviving that sound, or has the term morphed a new meaning?


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