The rock history reader /
Cateforis, Theo,editor.
New York ; London : Routledge,
2013.
This volume is an eclectic compilation of readings that tells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical practice throughout its six decade history. The readings range from the vivid autobiographical accounts of such rock icons as Ronnie Spector and David Lee Roth to the writings of noted rock critics like Lester Bangs and Chuck Klosterman. It also includes a variety of selections from media critics, musicologists, fanzine writers, legal experts, sociologists and prominent political figures. Many entries also deal specifically with distinctive styles such as Motown, punk, disco, grunge, rap and indie rock. Each entry includes headnotes, which place it in its historical context.  This second edition includes new readings on the early years of rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll, as well as entries on payola, mods, the rise of FM rock, progressive rock and the PMRC congressional hearings. In addition, there is a wealth of new material on the 2000s that explores such relatively recent developments as emo, mash ups, the explosion of internet culture and new media, and iconic figures like Radiohead and Lady Gaga.  With numerous readings that delve into the often explosive issues surrounding censorship, copyright, race relations, feminism, youth subcultures, and the meaning of musical value, it continues to appeal to scholars and students from a variety of disciplines.
"First edition published by Routledge 2007"--title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-376) and index.
The 1950s. Earl Palmer and the heartbeat of rock 'n' roll / Tony Scherman ; R&B : a danger to the music business? / Abel Green ; "Miss Rhythm" speaks out : Ruth Brown on R&B and covers ; Elvis Presley and "the craze" / John Crosby ; "Elvis defends low-down style" / Kays Gary ; "Experts propose study of 'craze'" / Milton Bracker ; The rock 'n' roll audience : "But Papa, it's my music, I like it" / Jeff Greenfield ; Leiber & Stoller / Ted Fox ; The history of Chicano rock / Rubén Guevara -- "Music biz goes round and round : it comes out Clarkola" / Peter Bunzel -- The 1960s. Phil Spector and the wall of sound / Ronnie Spector ; The Beatles, press conference, 1964 ; "Beatlemania frightens child expert" / Dr. Bernard Saibel ; George Martin : on the Beatles ; "Understanding Dylan" / Paul Williams ; Motown : a whiter shade of black / Jon Landau ; James Brown : soul brother no. 1 / Fred Wesley, Jr. ; "Goodbye surfing, hello God!" : the religious conversion of Brian Wilson / Jules Siegel ; Rock and the counterculture / Chester Anderson ; "The electric Kool-Aid acid test" / Tom Wolfe ; The FM revolution : "AM radio -- 'stinking up the airwaves'" / Tom Donahue ; An interview with Peter Townshend / Jann Wenner ; "The country boom" / Barret Hansen -- The 1970s. "Cock rock : men always seem to end up on top" / Rat Magazine ; Singing-songwriters : 1971 is a woman's world / Lynn Van Matre ; The art of the hard rock lifestyle / David Lee Roth ; "How to be a rock critic" / Lester Bangs ; "Reggae : the steady rock of black Jamaica" / Andrew Kopkind ; "Roots and rock : the Marley enigma" / Linton Kwesi Johnson ; Dub and the sound of surprise / Richard Williams ; Reflections on progressive rock / Bill Bruford ; Disco! Disco! : four critics address the musical question ; "Why don't we call it punk?" / Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain ; The subculture of British punk / Dick Hebdige ; "The confessions of a gay rocker" / Adam Block -- The 1980s. Punk goes hardcore / Jack Rabid ; College rock : "left of the dial" / Gina Arnold ; "Roll over guitar heroes, synthesizers are here" / Jon Young ; Post-punk's "radical dance fictions" / Simon Reynolds ; Molly Hatchet : celebrity rate a record / Hit Parader Magazine ; The Parents Music Resource Center : statement before Congress / Susan Baker and Tipper Gore ; Heavy metal and the highbrow/lowbrow divide / Robert Walser ; "The real thing - Bruce Springsteen" / Simon Frith ; Hip hop nation / Greg Tate ; "Madonna - finally, a real feminist" / Camille Paglia ; "Can Madonna justify Madonna?" / Barbara Grizzuti Harrison -- The 1990s. Is As nasty as they wanna be obscene? / Judge Jose Gonzalez and Kathleen M. Sullivan ; "Public Enemy's bomb squad" / Tom Moon ; "The death of sampling?" / Mark Kemp ; "Kurt Cobain and the politics of damage" / Sarah Ferguson ; "The problem with music" / Steve Albini ; "Feminism amplified" / Kim France ; "Rock aesthetics and musics of the world" / Motti Regev ; "Electronic Eden" : techno goes mainstream / Karen Schoemer ; Nü metal and Woodstock '99 / Barry Walters ; Indie pop goes twee / Joey Sweeney ; So you wanna fake being an indie rock expert? / soyouwanna.com -- The 2000s. Metallica vs. Napster / Lars Ulrich ; My Radiohead adventure / Paul Lansky ; "My week on the Avril Lavigne E-Team" / Chris Dahlen ; "'1 + 1 + 1 = 1' : the new math of mash ups" / Sasha Frere-Jones ; That '70s cruise : classic rock lives on / Chuck Klosterman ; "Where have all the rock stars gone?" / David Shumway ; Defining emo / Urban Dictionary ; "David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the real value of music" / David Byrne ; "Get your Ph.D. in Lady Gaga" / Margaret Eby ; "Why no Yes in the Rock Hall?" / John Covach ; A response to "Why no Yes in the Rock Hall" / Lauren Onkey.
This volume is an eclectic compilation of readings that tells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical practice throughout its six decade history. The readings range from the vivid autobiographical accounts of such rock icons as Ronnie Spector and David Lee Roth to the writings of noted rock critics like Lester Bangs and Chuck Klosterman. It also includes a variety of selections from media critics, musicologists, fanzine writers, legal experts, sociologists and prominent political figures. Many entries also deal specifically with distinctive styles such as Motown, punk, disco, grunge, rap and indie rock. Each entry includes headnotes, which place it in its historical context.  This second edition includes new readings on the early years of rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll, as well as entries on payola, mods, the rise of FM rock, progressive rock and the PMRC congressional hearings. In addition, there is a wealth of new material on the 2000s that explores such relatively recent developments as emo, mash ups, the explosion of internet culture and new media, and iconic figures like Radiohead and Lady Gaga.  With numerous readings that delve into the often explosive issues surrounding censorship, copyright, race relations, feminism, youth subcultures, and the meaning of musical value, it continues to appeal to scholars and students from a variety of disciplines.
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