Culture from the Slums explores the history of punk rock in East and West Germany during the 1970s and 1980s. These decades witnessed an explosion of alternative culture across divided Germany, and punk was a critical constituent of this movement. For young Germans at the time, …
"The history of how teenage East German punk rockers played an indispensable role in bringing down the Berlin Wall"
"The history of how teenage East German punk rockers played an indispensable role in bringing down the Berlin Wall"-- "It began with a handful of East Berlin teens who heard the Sex Pistols on a British military radio broadcast to troops in West Berlin, and it ended with the co…
Out of the "Dregs of the Eighties" and Screaming at the New World Order -- Crust-Punk/Dis-Core and the Codification of Propaganda Music -- The Dystopian Sublime of Extreme Hardcore Punk -- Whose Rebellion was Punk in the 1990s -- Punk's Popularity Anxieties and the Introspective…
Anarchy in the USA -- Reagan youth -- Hell awaits -- Young, gifted, and slack -- Retro punks and pin-up girls -- The work of rock in the age of digital reproduction.
This book investigates the social and commercial reasons why some women became lost from the rock music record, and rewrites this period of popular music history. In addition to a wealth of original interview material with key protagonists, this new edition has been updated to r…
This book investigates the social and commercial reasons why some women became lost from the rock music record, and rewrites this period of popular music history. In addition to a wealth of original interview material with key protagonists, this new edition has been updated to r…