Hardcore, punk, and other junk : aggressive sounds in contemporary music / edited by Eric James Abbey and Colin Helb.

ISBN:

9780739176061

Title:

Author:

Abbey, Eric James, 1976- editor.

Publication Information:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Contents:

HARDCORE, PUNK, AND OTHER JUNK; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Food For Thought: On Sid Vicious's Cannibalization of ""My Way""; 2 Let the Shillelagh Fly: The Dropkick Murphys and Irish -- American Hybridity; 3 Am I Evil? The Meaning of Metal Lyrics to Its Fans; 4 By Demons Be Driven? Scanning ""Monstrous"" Voices; 5 Heavy Metal Music in the Caribbean Setting: Politics and Language at the Periphery; 6 No Fun: Noise Music, Avant-garde Aggression, and Sonic Punishment; 7 The Last Report: Throbbing Gristle and Audio Extremes.

8 Black Metal Soul Music: Stone Vengeance and the Aesthetics of Race in Heavy Metal9 ""The Time is Right to Set Our Sight on Salvation"": The Strange Tale of How the Hare Krishnas Came To Play Hardcore Punk; 10 The Cult of Hellmouth: The Success of Contemporary Hardcore; Afterword; Bibliography; Contributors; Index.

Subject Term:

Hardcore (Music) -- History and criticism.

Punk rock music -- History and criticism.

Heavy metal (Music) -- History and criticism.

Noise music -- History and criticism.

Popular music -- Social aspects.

Added Author:

Abbey, Eric James, 1976-

Rivera-Segarra, Eliut.

Hagan, Ross.

Cogan, Brian, 1967-

Fellezs, Kevin.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014.

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Summary

Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk: Aggressive Sounds in Contemporary Music, edited by Eric James Abbey and Colin Helb,is a collection of writings on music that is considered aggressive throughout the world. From local underground bands in Detroit, Michigan to bands in Puerto Rico or across Europe, this book demonstrates the importance of aggressive music in our society. While other volumes seek to denigrate or put down this type of music, Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk forces the audience to re-read and re-listen to it. This category of music includes all forms that could be considered offensive and/or move the audience to become aggressive in some way. The politics and values of punk are discussed alongside the emerging popularity of metal and extreme hardcore music. Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk is an important contribution to the newest discussions on aggressive music throughout the world.

Author Notes

Eric Abbey is a professor of English and literature at Oakland Community College in Michigan. He is the author of Garage Rock and Its Roots: Musical Rebels and the Drive for Individuality.

Colin Helb is an assistant professor of communications at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. His research focuses on issues of identity and culture in semiprofessional and localized music scenes.

Reviews (1)

Choice Review

Abbey (English and literature, Oakland Community College, Michigan; author of Garage Rock and Its Roots, CH, Apr'07, 44-4361) and Helb (communications, Elizabethtown College) have collected essays culled from an international group of authors from various disciplines. The common thread of the volume is aggressive music--broadly construed. The topics of the essays range from punk to hardcore to heavy metal to so-called Krishnacore. The contributors discuss the music in terms of emotional release, an aggressive way of separating groups/races, and a noisy indictment of all things corporate. Although linked by thematically by aggression in music, essays included vary widely--for example, Evan Ware discusses Sid Vicious's cover of Frank Sinatra's "My Way," and Helb offers "The Time Is Right to Set Our Sight on Salvation: The Strange Tale of How the Hare Krishnas Came To Play Hardcore Punk." Overall, Abbey, Helb, and the rest of the contributors do a fine job of exposing important, under-appreciated elements of music on the margins of mainstream culture. --David V. Moskowitz, University of South Dakota