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Originally Posted by Rivaldo
I'm too jaded to even entertain the idea that a collection of teen-aged girls achieved something monumental. Forgive me
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They were in their early 20s when they started and had their planned break up in their mid 20s. They pretty much birthed the underground and alt idol scene.
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Originally Posted by Rivaldo
It's almost like the pure as wind-driven snow culture you describe was ripe for some counter-culture
it's prolly happened thousands of times
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The reason they attacked mainstream idol was because it only presented itself as pure as wind-driven snow while actually setting them up as objects of lust. BiS pretty much ripped the veil away and uglied up the typical idol perception. The members drank, smoked, openly flaunted sexuality sometimes while comparing the idol industry to prostitution at others. They trolled their hardcore fans while also stage diving and having hug sessions with them. The fans they eventually won over and pushed them up the charts came from punk, rock, and metal fans that finally had an idol group to call their own.
That and idol pretty much took over the Japanese pop scene a few years before. There is a reason why they named their studio albums Idol is Dead and Who Killed Idol?