ANOTHER BAD RAP

The feeling most generated by the new “pop sound” capitol is boredom. The rate Detroit is progressing causes speculation that perhaps it will all be over before it even had a chance to begin. This boredom is due to the whole structure of the Detroit scene. At the bottom of the scale are the fans. These patrons of the arts buy more records, pop magazines, and tickets to rock concerts than anyone preceding them. Alas, the kindest words that can be said about them is that though mindless, they are loyal. Within their reach they have the power to crush Russ Gibb, Mike Quatro and all the other impressarios of Detroit’s rock and roll cult. But the fans are much too comfortable where they are. People tell them who to like, what to buy and where to go. These various people care about them. Didn’t Dan Carlisle even announce his concern over the air about them taking the bus home in that BAD neighborhood after the Detroit Pop Festival?

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