This Ain′t the Summer of Love - Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-520-25717-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 614 g

This lively and entertaining revisionist history of rock music after 1970 reconsiders the roles of two genres, heavy metal and punk. Instead of considering metal and punk as aesthetically opposed to each other, Steve Waksman breaks new ground by showing that a profound connection exists between them. Metal and punk enjoyed a charged, intimate relationship that informed both genres in terms of sound, image, and discourse. This Ain't the Summer of Love traces this connection back to the early 1970s, when metal first asserted its identity and punk arose independently as an ideal about what rock should be and could become, and upends established interpretations of metal and punk and their place in rock history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waksman, Steve

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassische Musik des 20./21. Jahrhunderts
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Jazz
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Andere zeitgenössische Musikrichtungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Metal/Punk Continuum

1 Staging the Seventies: Arena Rock, Punk Rock

2 Death Trip: Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Rock Theatricality

3 The Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Ideal: The Dictators and the Runaways
4 Metal, Punk, and Motörhead: The Genesis of Crossover

5 Time Warp: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal

6 Metal/Punk Reformation: Three Independent Labels

7 Louder, Faster, Slow It Down! Metal, Punk, and Musical Aesthetics
Conclusion: Metal, Punk, and Mass Culture

Notes

Bibliography

Discography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Steve Waksman is Associate Professor of Music and American Studies at Smith College. He is the author of Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience.