Billy Corgan Diss Tracks, or Ego and Subculture

Subcultures whose members' adolescence was defined by social ineptitude tend to feel resentful towards ego. In other words, kids who got picked on in High School grow up hating anything with an ego. This is understandable, of course. It stands to reason that the type of people picking on these social inept kids are the type of people who have egos, or at least like to project the image of having egos. Naturally these kids then develop an aversion to anything with an ego. It may only be subconscious, but it manifests itself in a few different ways.

Indie culture is one of those that is undoubtedly rooted in adolescent social ineptitude. While, out of any art obsessions, music is probably the most socially acceptable choice for the young men, it still is essentially "arty" and therefor less prone to acceptance in the typical adolescent world. Furthermore, looking at music from the perspective of a kid who will belong to the indie subculture is to look at music in a way that challenges egos. To say that the music no one around you is listening to is more artistically worthwhile than the music everyone around you is listening to assures a lower place in the young social world.