Is there a big alternative music scene in Hungary today?
In the 1980s, more than half of the music listened to young people was alternative. Today, it is around 10 percent. A lot has changed yet there are still many high quality bands. Q: Would you say Hungary today is more culturally liberal, or still conservative? A: I think that Hungary suffers from the same crisis of cultural taste, like most countries of the world. The mainstream media occupied the most important independent radios, TV and press. There is a huge amount of liberalism, without the liberty of human values. The result is that vital cultural influences diminishes or gets lost. In the eighties most young people knew that the mainstream officially supported music is completely uninteresting. Today, most young people listen to commercial music. We have liberal commercial televisions and radios, but they all play the same very superficial music that creates a special slave-mentality, geared to money- making and commercial success. Q: Why did YHK split up? A: Actually, I never th
