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Because they're effectively locked out of the system. They're not allowed to participate because they refuse to let a corporate-owned producer tell them how their music is going to sound. Remember, these aren't all necessarily bands that are so abrasive that nobody would want to listen to them (although, that is sometimes the case)... some of these bands could potentially have a huge fanbase if they could only get the kind of promotion that Nsync gets.
And the point is simply what Labret has been saying all along - that corporate major label bands are nothing more than watered down garbage designed for mass consumption, and not worth shit to somebody who actually appreciates good music, rather than just accepting everything MTV shoves down their throats.
People do lose me when they say that anyone who listens to Linkin Park is an idiot... I don't believe that. But I do believe that if Linkin Park fans just expanded their horizons a bit and did some real searching (instead of being spoon fed their music), they'd soon realize, "Hey, I was listening to shit!" and their attitudes toward corporate rock and MTV would change.
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