Modern Bands and Zombies

A new phenomenon has cropped up in the last five years that I hadn't seen before. Maybe it was slowly oozing up through the groundwater of culture before this but I never noticed it. True I don't see a lot of live bands…well okay that's not true. I go to one place that often has a live band that plays while people drink and socialize. They often talk through the music. There are no vocals (usually) because the band is meant to give background atmosphere.

Now bands that play in pubs, cabarets a...