Rock Criticism from the Beginning
Subtitle: Amusers, Bruisers And Cool-Headed Cruisers (Music/Meanings)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: September 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780820474908
Subjects: Communication; Journalism; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; Genres & Styles - Rock; History & Criticism - General; Music; Music/Songbooks; 20th century; History; Musical criticism; Periodicals; Popular culture; Rock music
Description: "Rock Criticism from the Beginning is a wide-ranging exploration of the rise and development of rock criticism in Britain and the United States from the 1960s to the present. It chronicles the evolution of a new form of journalism, and the course by which writing on rock was transformed into a respected field of cultural production. The authors explore the establishment of magazines from Crawdaddy! and Rolling Stone to The Source, and from Melody Maker and New Musical Express to The Wire, while investigating the careers of well-known music critics like Robert Christgau, Greil Marcus, and Lester Bangs in the U.S., and Nik Cohn, Paul Morley, and Jon Savage in the U.K., to name just a few.

While much has been written on the history of rock, this Bourdieu-inspired book is the first to offer a look at the coming of age of rock journalism, and the critics that opened up a whole new kind of discourse on popular music."--BOOK JACKET.