This nation has become more nationalistic. Nationalism has become trendier and so consequently whole communities don't get representation. If they do, they get sidelined. If the world is being run by faceless multinationals, in the eyes of ADF the music world is run by those whose purpose it is to keep their musical melange away from listeners. At least in Britain, with the band breaking big in Japan and France first, rather than at home with its large Anglo-Asian communities and a wider population already familiar with reggae, hip hop and electronic dance.
Music is less important than other factors in Britain, less important than image, drug taking.
The music scene has been tabloidised so it makes sense that the dominant music forms and the dominant music groups in Britain are very, very backward looking musically. Which is why ADF scares some. In the '90s this idea that to capture the youth you need a fresh and exciting sound, something that blows people away and upsets the parents, has gone, in Britain anyway. After two albums dominated by hectoring vocals and frill-free musical surrounds, Community Music is very accessible. You could call it an eclectic mix, a throwing together of disparate elements for something new.