Disco was everywhere in the 1970s. Pulsating out of speakers in clubs across the United States, disco music represented a backlash against rock n' roll, and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s. On this list of the greatest ‘70s disco movies, you will find plenty of great films, with...
bands Descendents and ALL. SLC Punk was chosen as the opening-night feature at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Merendino created the film based on his experience growing up in Salt Lake City. Although the film is not autobiographical, Merendino has said that many characters were ...
Iconic. And with other smash singles like “Walk This Way” and “Dream On,” Aerosmith is certainly one of the best hard rock bands of the decade. Black Sabbath STORE NORSKE LEKSIKON It’s no exaggeration to say that there would be no genre of heavy metal without rock pioneers Black Sab...
Kyss yer insypid pop song structures goodbye. Burn yer dyngee flannel frockes and wyrk bootes, and don thou beholden sylk and lynen wyzyrd suit. Rejoyce, for thou most exalted of musical formes, progressive rock, has rysen and will rule the wyrld again.Gill, Chris...
This book’s title may be responsible for one of the worst hair metal bands of the 1980s, but don’t hold that against Murray Morgan. The story of our fair (read: muddy) city’s founding, Skid Road chronicles the optimism, greed, speculation, xenophobia, and venereal disease that ...
You Know What It Is: The sugary teen-pop confection that charted outside the top 40, but established the recipe for a new generation of boy bands. Sign ‘o’ the Times: Since New Edition were envisioned by impresario Maurice Starr as the 1980s’ answer to the Jackson 5, their first ...
Worth Knowing:Sociological Definition of Culture Examples of Music Subcultures 13. Goths Goths are a music subculture that originated in the UK in the 1980s. Its group members embrace post-punk Gothic rock from bands like Bauhaus and Joy Division. Their fashion includes all-black clothing, dark ...
Jam Bands Post Punk Post Rock Prog-Rock/Art Rock Progressive Metal Psychedelic Rock & Roll Rockabilly Roots Rock Singer/Songwriter Southern Rock Spazzcore Stoner Metal (duuuude) Surf Technical Death Metal Tex-Mex Thrash Metal Time Lord Rock (Trock) ...
You Know What It Is: With its simple swagger, this foundational rock and roll song paved the way for garage rock and punk – and inebriated untold millions with its woozy singalong hook. Because of You: From chart-topping artists to high school marching bands, “Louie Louie” is one of ...
The original knock on MTV was that it prized cheekbones over chops, and that once the channel became a tastemaker, bands that didn’t fit the pretty-boy aesthetic would be left out on the cold. In other words, no one was betting that a veteran blues-boogie trio out of Texas,...