In Working Class Heroes, David Simonelli explores the influence of rock and roll on British society in the 1960s and '70s. At a time when social distinctions were becoming harder to measure, rock musicians appeared to embody the mythical qualities o…
Även om "de gyllene discoåren" endast var mellan 1975-1979, så var det faktiskt redan 1942 som "La Discotheque" i Paris var först med att använda ordet i klubbverksamhet.Följ resan genom de svenska discoteken, ända från det allra första lilla Discot…
“Berättelsen om Kent” publicerades ursprungligen i Sonic nr. 6, april 2002Mitt under inspelningarna av albumet Vapen & Ammunition intervjuades medlemmarna i Kent av journalisterna Anders Dahlbom och Klas Ekman. Resultatet blev en oerhört…
As an industry insider and pioneering post-punk musician, Vivien Goldman's perspective on music journalism is unusually well-rounded. In Revenge of the She-Punks, she probes four themes-identity, money, love, and protest-to explore what makes punk s…
Den här texten publicerades ursprungligen i nummer 2 1993 av Vanity Fair-inspirerade magasinet Intrig, vars slogan var ”Adjö tristess”. I Intrig, som gavs ut av Intellecta, kunde vi möta världsstjärnor som Madonna, Catherine Deneuve elle…
Vilka aktörer har drivit fram DJ-kulturen i framförallt Stockholm, och med vilka visioner, motgångar och ideal? DJ-liv - historien om hur diskjockeyn erövrade Stockholm beskriver dj-kulturens framväxt med fokus på det som har lett fram till dagens t…
'Absolutely hilarious' - Neil Gaiman 'One of the funniest musical commentators that you will ever read . . . loud and thoroughly engrossing' - Alan Moore 'A man on a righteous mission to persuade people to "lay down your souls to the gods rock and r…
This is the story of a cultural phenomenon which embraced Andy Warhol, Jim Morrison, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Patti Smith, The Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, and more. Documenting a time of self-destruction and peverse innocence, this text has contributions f…
De här intervjuerna publicerades ursprungligen i Café och tidningen City mellan åren 2000–2013Hösten 2000 skickades Klas Ekman ut av tidningen Café för att göra ett reportage om det nya stjärnskottet Håkan Hellström. Första stopp var den vild…
En musiksociologisk studieNär LP:n Tigerkaka släpptes 1969 blev det den första proggskivan som gjorts i Sverige. Men vad var den egentligen en popskiva eller ett konstverk? Bandet bakom den överraskande skivan var Blå Tåget, en samling redan etabler…
Finally in paperback, the story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties - when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations and other subversives re-energised American rock with…
Hur kunde några uttråkade tonårskillar dra igång en smärre revolution och väcka en hel stad till liv? Varför skedde det just i Umeå? Och vad har det lämnat för spår?Hösten 1994 totalförstörs tre av Scans lastbilar i en anlagd brand på Umeå slakteri.…
Known for its glamorous 1970s punk rock scene, New York City matched the grim urban reality of the 1980s with a rawer musical uprising: New York hardcore. As bands of misfits from across the region gravitated to the forgotten frontier of Manhattan's…
"När du hade sex med Tom Zutauts (talangscout på Warner som upptäckte bandet) flickvän på en toalett och Zutaut ovetande befann sig utanför, tänkte du på att du äventyrade ditt bands karriär?–?Nej, moral, konsekvenser och självbehärskning…
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet a…
Det här är boken om och av The Clash, världens bästa punkrockband. Här berättas hela historien om fyra killar från »Ladbroke Grove, London w10«, som skrev om rockhistorien under sju omtumlande år 19761983. The Clash var en svamp som sög åt sig samti…
Looks at the roots, stages, artists, and fans of emo music along with a critical analysis of the genre.
The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists is a book with a mission. Since we emerged from the primeval ooze, mankind has laboured under the mistaken impression that hard rock is heavy metal and heavy metal is hard rock. Author Joel McIver sets out to recti…
Death Metal is among the most despised forms of violently themed entertainment. Many politicians, conservative groups and typical Americans attribute youth violence and the destruction of social values to such entertainment. The usual assumptions ab…
The definitive A-to-Z guide to a period of pomp, glitz, glamour, and parent-worrying fashion unlike any other Despite its disposable appearance, glam rock has survived and thrived for four decades, and is now viewed as one the best loved and most pr…
A cultural history of global electronic dance music countercultures, "Technomad" explores the pleasurable and activist trajectories of post-rave. The book documents an emerging network of techno-tribes, exploring their pleasure principles and cultur…
"When we’re on the road, all we watch is VBS, and our favorite series is Norwegian Black Metal." (Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters) Documentary photographer Peter Beste has spent the last five years working in the milieu of the Norwegian black metal…
The definitive history of the first 30 years of heavy metal, containing over 100 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Metallica, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Slipknot, Kiss, Megadeth, Public Enemy, Napalm Death, and more. More than 30 years af…
Residing at the forefront of cool since its inception, NYLON magazine is the authority on what is current when it comes to beauty, fashion, and music. Readers look to NYLON to learn about the newest trends and bands, as well as to see how music and…
Under åren som huvudskribent på Sweden Rock Magazine har Carl Linnaeus träffat så gott som alla inom heavy metal-världen. Efter hans hyllade biografi Kiss Den osminkade sanningen får vi nu ta del av hans största och bästa artiklar i Jag sålde min sj…
Techno ist tot, zumindest offiziell. In Wirklichkeit waren elektronische Musik und die nächtliche Subkultur des Ausgehens - jenseits von sozialen Utopien und Love Parade - nie kreativer und interessanter als heute. Und nie so an einem Ort konze…
In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.
Krautrock is a catch-all term for the music of various white German rock groups of the 1970s that blended influences of African American and Anglo-American music with the experimental and electronic music of European composers. Groups such as Can, P…
Emo - confessional punk rock - is the first cultural movement born on the Internet, thanks in part to the development of social networking sites like MySpace. Tracing its angst-y roots all the way from Shakespeare to Holden Caulfield to today's most…
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the Nor-tec phenomenon emerged from the border city of Tijuana, and through modern Internet technology quickly conquered a global audience. Marketed as a kind of "ethnic" electronic dance music, Nor-tec sampl…
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This highly original and accessible book draws on the author's personal experience as a musician, producer and teacher of popular music to discuss the ways in which audio technology and musical creativity in pop music are inextricably bound together…
Chronicling the punk scene as it raged from glam rock to punk, archiving the stars, followers, fans and performances, Jenny Lens reveals untold stories with rare and candid images of greats such as The Ramones, The Clash, Patti Smith, The Dead Boys,…
Since it was founded in 1982, "The Wire" magazine has covered a vast range of alternative, experimental, underground and non-mainstream music. Now some of that knowledge has been distilled into "The Wire Primers": a comprehensive guide to the core r…
Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. Extreme metal circulat…
Presents the history of a radical movement in Seventies Britain. With its own clothes, hair, artwork, fanzines and radical politics, Punk boasted a DIY ethos that meant anyone could take part. This book gives the inside view on events such as the Se…
