This Article Originally Published July 1997  by Michael Laskow
TAXI members are always asking me what I think the Next Big
Trend in music will be. If I knew that, I'd be the wealthiest
guy in the biz. If anybody knew that, they'd be wealthy beyond
their wildest dreams.  Fact is, it's a strange and wonderful
confluence of timing, public tastes and artistic genius that
determine trends. We're living through a period that exemplifies
that right now. "Grunge," a subset, and the founding father of
"alternative" is no longer cool. It has finally fallen from
grace. And thank goodness for that. Personally, I was getting
tired of A&R weasels (as they are affectionately called in the
biz) looking for angst-ridden bands.  But I digress As I was
saying, we are in a period right now, today, this very minute,
that is a great example of what happens when a trend or fad runs
its course. The industry tastemakers are scrambling to find a
new trend. Just like they scrambled to find a "new city" after
Seattle ran out of bands w