In the 2003 book that Bloombsury published which former Mojo editor and Rock's Backpages Co-founder Barney Hoskyns edited, titled The Sound and the Fury, post-1970's "rock journalism" was characterized in the following way:
"The sad truth is that rock journalism has become little more than a service industry, with scant critical autonomy and even less responsibility to its readers. We have all, in our different ways, colluded with the entertainment machine in its canny efforts to dictate what music sells.
"...The major conglomerates have done their best to control and commodify rock rebellion.
"The music industry's greatest victory has been to make pop music--from boy bands to nu metal--a mere lifestyle choice, a disposable commodity...
"In this tame new world of fame for fame's sake...we are all living out Warhol's nightmare: an endless parade of pneumatic automatons who signify and celebrate nothing other than their own narcissism and greed...We cannot let capitalism erode our souls..."
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