I have no doubt that your formative years have been talked about and they (your students…) have investigated your weird foreign youth, because in music, different is cooler. At least to the young.
Of course they are wrong because nothing beats Twisted Sister…
Chicago: Old skool Cool.
That’s it though, they come in knowing this stuff. They might bring it up and we’ll talk about it but it’s not my influence.
And I’m sure you’d appreciate that one of my students last year possessed, by my count. at least four separate Nazareth tshirts.
Well since they are from poor neighbourhoods one would guess that the kids may have got these from their parents shopping at the consignment/thrift stores in the area. Something wifey and I used to do all the time when we first moved to the Chicagoland area. I mean Nazareth are cool and all being from Scotland and all that but I wouldn’t guess they are all that hip. Or the family is religious…
Chicago: Bargain Hunter.
I’m just pointing out they still discover all kinds of music. Just in more varied ways. At one point kids were getting in to all kinds of music just through playing Rock Band and the fashion for old school band shirts.
The Kids getting their music from algorithms seem pretty chill about black people headlining Glastonbury, which my generation, who scoured HMV for that rare Hurricane #1 B-sides compilation, sure-as-shit seems to have a problem with.
So maybe they’re doing ok.
I occasionally get sent bands by Der Yoof. Most recently Graphic Nature which might be up the alley of Chicago and Russ. Nicely brutal. open.spotify.com/artist/0QUcDHMfwBsMAufKXbzhkH?si=QgARYIyHTx6ideHw0hbk5w
