This week’s Flashback Friday is a bit different that what we’ve previously been featuring – rather than posting a video from a band, we’re going to post this July 2007 article about wizard rock from The Guardian newspaper in the UK.

The article, which is a bit tongue in cheek, discusses the rapid growth of wizard rock (which, at that point in time, had 183 bands) and the author raised his fears that soon Harry and the Potters might be in the Top 40, displacing established artists.

While we all know that didn’t quite happen, the article’s still an interesting look at one of the various viewpoints on wizard rock just as it was really started to explode around the world.

After reading, I thought of an interesting question – how would you have felt if wizard rock did become so big that it made the Top 40? On the one hand, there would have been countless bands playing wrock, music available everywhere, TV shows featuring it, you name it. On the other hand, the intimacy of events like Wrockstock, living room shows, and hanging out with your favorite bands most likely never would have happened.

Would you have enjoyed it if wizard rock went mainstream like this article feared? Let us know in the comments below!