Russell Smith noted that the association of drugs and music subcultures was by no means exclusive to electronic music, citing previous examples of music genres that were associated with certain drugs, such as psychedelic rock and LSD, disco music and cocaine, and punk music and heroin.
Russell Smith mencatat bahwa asosiasi obat-obatan dan musik itu tidak berarti eksklusif untuk musik elektronik, mengutip contoh-contoh sebelumnya seperti Psychedelic rock dan LSD, musik disko dan kokain, dan musik punk dan heroin.