In a recent interview with the LA Weekly, I have noticed this outspoken declaration (as usual) from OFF! frontman Keith Morris, who thinks the Internet, has ruined today's youth:
‘[Nowadays] people don't go out because you can sit at home and watch [everything] on a little screen instead of going out and participating and being part of something.’
He added he much prefers ‘smoking and drinking and telling jokes and barfing in parking lots and going into the men's room and stomping and tromping through all the piss and the puke.’
I agree with him that nothing, absolutely nothing, replaces the live experience,… although I am not a fan of the piss and the puke, but yeah I go out, and bathe in the crowd’s sweat. I am sure that true music fans feel the same way.
But I disagree about the internet in general, it has been a wonderful tool to know about gigs, gigs so underground I would never have the chance to be aware of otherwise.
Facebook is a great tool for bands to promote a secret, intimate show, and it is actually a way for people to meet and participate even more! So no, the internet does not ruin everything.