There was a time, nearly 20 years ago, when alternative music actually meant something and stood for something more than some rural, backwoods, District 12, Scots-Irish culture. It was truly creative, well it appeared that way. One could say the same thing for hip-hop music, the emphasis was on originality and talent. In more recent times we have seen a rapid, widespread, cultural shift take place in music both "rock and roll" (whatever that means nowadays) and hip hop. The emphasis is more on following established forms of expression, a hidden religious tendency, and a melding of traditional Scot-Irish musical forms with alternative music. Along with the Scots-Irish musical form and lyrical stylings came the thought processes of the rural peoples of America. Like Mumford and Sons, oh they like to puff out their chests and proclaim others as little lying men but, it is easy, oh so easy to talk, and act and say what they want when they have the backing of the organized sta...