house was still just one step on the ladder, it didnt come from nowhere. Funk and soul in the 60s/70s, and garage & disco of course from the 70's played a huge part in the emerging club / dance music scenes.
I never really liked house music as a sound, the 4/4 beats, cheesy vocals etc never did anything for me. As a teenager growing up in london in the early 90s, I was much more interested in the emerging jungle and hip hop scenes myself. Seemed that the weed crowd would be at the raves, and the drinking crowd would go to house clubs.