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* Billy Idol released \\\'\\\'[[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfuxqwgld0e Cyberpunk]]\\\'\\\' in 1993. For a time it was LoveItOrHateIt between critics and the \\\"cyberpunk\\\" subculture. With the death of said subculture, it came to be taken as is: Poorly done, bland, and soulless techno full to the brim with pretense. The marketing was great, it came with bonus features (then rare for [=CDs=]), but the music itself is terrible. Critics called the emotionless, tone-deaf cover of TheVelvetUnderground\\\'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwX-lMsmdNk \\\"Heroin\\\"]][[hottip:*:Heed not the comments, they\\\'re all being sarcastic.]] on par with DuranDuran\\\'s in terms of quality.

* Billy Idol released \\\'\\\'[[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfuxqwgld0e Cyberpunk]]\\\'\\\' in 1993. For a time it was LoveItOrHateIt between critics and the \\\"cyberpunk\\\" subculture. With the death of said subculture, it came to be taken as is: Poorly done, bland, and soulless techno full to the brim with pretense. The marketing was great, it came with bonus features (then rare for [=CDs=]), but the music itself is terrible. Critics called the emotionless, tone-deaf cover of TheVelvetUnderground\\\'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwX-lMsmdNk \\\"Heroin\\\"]][hottip:*:Heed not the comments, they\\\'re all being sarcastic.]] on par with DuranDuran\\\'s in terms of quality.