TMOTTGoGo Magazine
The Publisher's Voice
 

A Way Of Life

As Go-Go enters into its 20th year in existence, it is appropriate to confirm that the strong foundations that adamantly secure its longevity have been laid.
     1998 begins the third generation of a music that has not only dominated the city, but has also served as a springboard for some of the finest talent in the entertainment business today.  There is no denial that Go-Go has had its share of rocks, pebbles and sand.  However, the overall scope shows an industry that has provided fulfillment of dreams to not only entertain in front of a live audience, but become local icons like no other music in history.  It has served as one of the few music industries to take average "Joes" out of the projects and gleam on him a light so bright that where ever he goes in the community, he is not only known, but respected.  Whereas society labeled a person "no hope," Go-Go has planted seeds of hope in that individual.
     Therefore, it would be an incredulous understatement to simply say that Go-Go is a bunch of noise.  All music is some form of noise.  Go-Go more cultivated than that.  To know your history of the culture is to understand and realize the significance it has in the community.
     Now, as a new generation of bands step up to claim its take in the industry, so steps up a new generation of patrons.
     What is it about this style of music that inspires so many patrons?
     Well, for one, they identify with the music.  We are talking about a new generation who were literally born into the culture.  In other words, the scene had already been established even before they have  realized it was out there.  More than likely this was the first style of music that they were exposed to, whether from the parents or siblings.
     This music became identifiable with every aspect of their lives, through school, among peers, through changes of the styles and fads, in the homes, and especially the neighborhoods.  Virtually there has been no stage in his/her life where Go-Go has not played some kind of role.
     Go-Go has become more that just a music style.  It’s become a way of life.
 

One Love,

~Kato