But any notion that the mop tops were yet another musical fad or novelty act was derailed by the wit and charisma they exuded at their airport press conference.

Ben Weisz from musicOMH summarises Digitonal's work by saying that "while the rest of the world spent the noughties lurching from one musical fad to the next, Digitonal quietly created some of the most beautifully-constructed art of the decade.

Hmmm... then we can get some supper while the juniors do what they so erroneously call "music",' said Danja, who had considerable contempt for the contemporary loud and diatonic musical fad.

(Perhaps the former WCBS D.J. Cousin Brucie remembers a time when people were predicting the swift demise of an earlier musical fad.)

They hoped to develop artists, and not focus on musical fads.

It is related to several earlier styles of music, has close ties with later styles of music, and was associated with a few musical "fads" of the period such as the foxtrot.

DJ Marlboro credits the resurgence of funk fever in Brazil to the cyclical nature of musical fads, saying in his 23 years as a DJ, he's witnessed the funk explosion several times.

He frequently lampooned musical fads like psychedelia, rock opera and disco.

Lou Harrison, like Mr. Hovhaness, is an American composer who has pursued his muse without reference to the reigning musical fads throughout his long career.

This meant that musical fads, such as Hawaiian slack-key guitar, never died out completely, since a broad range of rhythms, instruments, and vocal stylings were incorporated into disparate popular genres.