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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520253108

ISBN-139780520253100

eBay Product ID (ePID)71167519

Product Key Features

Number of Pages398 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThis Ain't the Summer of Love : Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk

SubjectGenres & Styles / Punk, Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, General, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal

Publication Year2009

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMusic

AuthorSteve Waksman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight17.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-025957

Reviews"Waksman's work is engaging, thought-provoking, and an important contribution particularly for metal studies."-- American Studies, Waksman's work is engaging, thought-provoking, and an important contribution particularly for metal studies., "Waksman's superb book provides a model for other scholars to follow."-- Journal of Popular Music Stds, "The author is to be commended for shedding welcome light on a seldom illuminated dialogue and recognising the ongoing variegation of rock 'n' roll as a process contingent on the external pressures brought to bear on it."-- The Wire, This work is an exemplar nuance, one that does justice to the complexities of the culture it addresses., "One of the more potent and persuasive pieces of recent cultural critiques. . . . Waksman, often quite brilliantly, fuses the fan and the critic into a rich voice for music criticism. . . . Considerably raises the bar for engaged exploration of music subcultures."-- Baltimore City Paper, One of the more potent and persuasive pieces of recent cultural critiques. . . . Waksman, often quite brilliantly, fuses the fan and the critic into a rich voice for music criticism. . . . Considerably raises the bar for engaged exploration of music subcultures., Illuminating and entertaining. . . . Waksman offers an essential revisionist study that helps to redefine popular conceptions of [heavy metal and punk]., The author is to be commended for shedding welcome light on a seldom illuminated dialogue and recognising the ongoing variegation of rock 'n' roll as a process contingent on the external pressures brought to bear on it., Illuminating and entertaining. . . . Waksman offers an essential revisionist study that helps to redefine popular conceptions of [heavy metal and punk].

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal781.66

Table Of ContentList 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

SynopsisThis 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.

LC Classification NumberML3534.W26 2009