Scouse Pop

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78179-893-5
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 307 g

Reihe: Popular Music History

Scouse Pop is a journey into the personalities and music of the successful pioneering Liverpool pop bands of the late seventies and eighties. It examines their motivations, their uniqueness and the routes to success which made them into enduring musical innovators.
It looks at the reasons why art-pop bands such as OMD, China Crisis, Echo and the Bunnymen, Black and Frankie Goes to Hollywood managed to combine art and commerce with such spectacular success. The bands experienced their own ‘revolutions in the head,’ internal revolutions than eventually made many of them household names.

The development of these suburban romantics from Liverpool represented a period of intensive creativity and musical romanticism that still resonates today. The spirit of (internal) revolution at the heart of these bands retains a strong fascination for those interested in artistic creation and popular culture. Given the bleak and uninspiring context within which the bands surfaced, how did these musicians achieve great success? Scouse Pop explores this question in detail, and examines the factors that facilitated the transformation of Liverpool teenage dreams into commercial and cultural impact. The music industry, radio and DJs, producers and engineers, the record-buying public and the bands themselves comprise the heart of this account.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skillen, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikkritik

Über Autor(innen)

Skillen, Paul
Paul Skillen is Programme Leader in Education Studies at University of Chester. In the 1970s and 80s he wrote for the fanzine Merseysound edited by Radio Merseyside’s Roger Hill where he developed an in-depth knowledge of the local music scene. In 1985 he travelled to Frankfurt to help Klaus Schwartze compile the legendary two-volume Scouse Phenomenon which documented the musicians who were the Liverpool music scene of the time and archived their reviews and releases. Paul’s band, This Final Frame, has released records in UK and Europe.

Paul Skillen is Programme Leader in Education Studies at University of Chester. In the 1970s and 80s he wrote for the fanzine Merseysound edited by Radio Merseyside’s Roger Hill where he developed an in-depth knowledge of the local music scene. In 1985 he travelled to Frankfurt to help Klaus Schwartze compile the legendary two-volume Scouse Phenomenon which documented the musicians who were the Liverpool music scene of the time and archived their reviews and releases. Paul’s band, This Final Frame, has released records in UK and Europe.