"I think, and I will say it overtly, I think that rock has been purposely dialed down in the culture. Again, this gets 'wizard behind the curtain,' right? Somebody's gonna say, 'Well, how do you know who was the wizard behind the curtain?' All I know is I saw the gravity shift."
"If you were at MTV or around MTV in 1997 or 1998, suddenly they decided rock was out when rock was still very, very high up in the thing. And it was replaced by rap... Their standards and practices immediately shifted, so now that things that weren't allowed were suddenly allowed."
"Rock is probably the most dominant ticket-selling thing in the Western world, and yet there's almost no representation of rock in culture. So, why do we have that schism? I think they purposely dialed down the ability of rock stars to have a voice in the culture."
Billy Corgan theorizes that rock music's decline in mainstream cultural prominence since the late 1990s was intentional rather than organic. He observed a significant shift at MTV around 1997-1998 when rock was suddenly phased out despite its popularity, replaced by rap music. Corgan notes that standards and practices changed simultaneously, allowing previously prohibited content. While acknowledging that quality music emerged from this transition, he emphasizes the deliberate nature of rock's cultural marginalization. Currently, rock remains the dominant ticket-selling genre in the Western world, yet receives minimal cultural representation compared to pop music, creating a notable disconnect between commercial success and cultural visibility.
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