I Hate Disney

This is an official stand against "band" the Jonas Brothers, the latest in a long line of glam glitter rock. No, not quite glam rock of the 80's yesteryear, glam rock today. Bands like Hannah Montana, Camp Rock, Kidz Bop, all of that stuff.

The music in general is awful, their image is a pre-processed Disney image that appeals to parents and kids alike. Particularly stuck in my craw is the fact that the Jonas Brothers wear purity rings. Okay, not the fact that they wear them so much as they talk about them. With such an impressionable audience, the last thing the band needs to be talking about to them is sex. No popular music figure should force their idea of abstinence on anyone else, that decision should come with great thought put into it, not simply because it's the cool thing to do. It's not their fault entirely, some executive probably told them they had talent, and that exec apparently understood talent to be teenage appeal.

Disney has a tight hold on the 4-15 year old demographic on the music industry. Hopefully that hold will be broken soon, as people start to tire of buying the same CD over and over again. How many High School Musical's can be made before people realize it's ridiculous? However, the guilt does not solely fall on Disney's shoulders, the major labels have substituted image for talent for a while now.

For every great musician to emerge in today's nearly talentless music industry, ten Jonas Brother imiators emerge from the woodwork and attack them with barb wire sticks.
For every brilliant musician who emerges, the actual Jonas Brothers arrive and beat that artist sensless with sticks swathed in fecal matter.

Please comment if you agree, or disagree or whatever

Richard M. Harland