I don't really get the argument, if it's played on the northern scene then it's northern, whether I like it or not. It may not all fit my blinkered view bought about by my first dalliance in 74-77, but I'm willing enough to give it a listen, and dance to it. In my view the music was generally better in my youth, but somebody who came into it later and went to different venues to me, will have a different opinion. Nobody's right, nobody's wrong, it's a point that can't be proven because we're all looking at it from personal taste.