Letters: Gay culture, the rise of corporate rock, and dodgy musicals

Alexis Petridis's article about the decline of gay culture in pop music (Straight and narrow, G2, 29 February) was thoughtful and interesting. Further reasons why it declined: during the 1950s and the first half of the 1960s playing and releasing rock music was viewed as a disreputable occupation by most people in the UK, rock music upset the way the traditional music business operated in London, and the BBC mostly ignored it until 1967. Just like today, the major labels were mostly out of touch...

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