> >> The rave scene started over there, as their answer to our Hip-Hop scene. > > > > > >don't think that is true....the rave scene developed out of the northern > >soul scene (from what i've read)...original rave music was acid house (the > >other key ingredient to raves was the rapid take up of ecstacy at the same > >time) > > I don't agree that the Acid House Scene was the Rave Scene. I think it was > definetly > "proto-rave", but I don't feel RAVE happened until after the Acid House Raids > in 1989, and > 1/2 the promoters went underground into the warehouses. That is when the > culture grew, and > it wasn't just a random occurence of club-rebellion.
hmmm we'll agree to disagree... :) rave was defo happening around 88's summer of love (see the national newspaper headlines!!), this was quite a bit before hardcore happened which was 89/90 -> > >> Hence all the > >> dancehall and "street" influences in the original Rave Music: Hardcore. > > > >that came later... > > nah, Hardcore started in 1987, with Lennie de Ice's "We Are I.E.", and the > early SUAD > releases. SUAD started in 1989 (i have a few of their releases, froma round the time) and i'm failry sure "we are ie" came out in 89 too (what a tune btw) cheers robin...
