Rock Music

Contents

• Preface
• 1. 'Roll over Beethoven': new experiences in art
• 2. 'Rock Around the Clock': emergence
• 3. 'Love Me Do': the aesthetics of sensuousness
• 4. 'My Generation': rock music and subcultures
• 5. 'Revolution': the ideology of rock
• 6. 'We're Only in It for the Money': the rock business
• 7. 'Anarchy in the UK': the punk rebellion
• 8. 'Wild Boys': the aesthetic of the synthetic
• 9. Postscript: 'The Times They are A-Changing'
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Discography
• Index of people and groups
• General index.