The Rock History Reader

Contents

• Section I The 1950s /
• Chapter 1 Du-Wop (Johnny Keyes) /
• Chapter 2 "Miss Rhythm" Speaks Out: Ruth Brown on R&B and Covers /
• Chapter 3 Leiber & Stoller (Ted Fox) /
• Chapter 4 "Leer-ics": A Warning to the Music Business (Abel Green) /
• Chapter 5 Chuck Berry: In His Own Words /
• Chapter 6 Elvis Presley and "The Craze" (John Crosby) /
• Chapter 7 "Elvis Defends Low-Down Style" (Kays Gary) /
• Chapter 8 "Experts Propose Study of 'Craze'" (Milton Bracker) /
• Chapter 9 Earl Palmer and the Heartbeat of Rock 'n' Roll (Tony Scherman) /
• Chapter 10 The Rock 'n' Roll Audience: "But Papa, It's My Music, I Like It" (Jeff Greenfield) /
• Chapter 11 The History of Chicano Rock (Ruben Guevara) /
• Chapter 12 "Music Biz Goes Round and Round: It Comes Out Clarkola" (Peter Bunzel) /
• Section II The 1960s /
• Chapter 13 "The King of Surf Guitar" (Dave Schulps) /
• Chapter 14 Phil Spector and The Wall of Sound (Ronnie Spector) /
• Chapter 15 The Beatles, Press Conference, 1964 /
• Chapter 16 "U.S. Musicians' Union Says, 'Beatles Stay Home'" (Victor Riesel) /
• Chapter 17 "Beatlemania Frightens Child Expert" (Dr. Bernard Saibel) /
• Chapter 18 "Understanding Dylan" (Paul Williams) /
• Chapter 19 "Raga Rock": The Byrds, Press Conference, 1966 /
• Chapter 20 Motown: A Whiter Shade of Black (Jon Landau) /
• Chapter 21 James Brown: Soul Brother No. 1 (Fred Wesley, Jr.) /
• Chapter 22 "Goodbye Surfing Hello God!-The Religious Conversion of Brian Wilson" (Jules Siegel) /
• Chapter 23 Rock and the Counterculture (Chester Anderson) /
• Chapter 24 The FM Revolution: "AM Radio-'Stinking Up the Airwaves'" (Tom Donahue) /
• Chapter 25 An Interview with Peter Townshend (Jann Wenner) /
• Chapter 26 Gimme Shelter: Woodstock and Altamont (Joel Haycock) /
• Section III The 1970s /
• Chapter 27 "Sweet Baby James": James Taylor Live (Alfred Aronowitz) /
• Chapter 28 "Cock Rock: Men Always Seem to End Up on Top" ( Rat Magazine) /
• Chapter 29 Carly Simon on Music and the Women's Movement (Loraine Alterman) /
• Chapter 30 "How to be a Rock Critic" (Lester Bangs) /
• Chapter 31 "Reggae: The Steady Rock of Black Jamaica" (Andrew Kopkind) /
• Chapter 32 "Roots and Rock: The Marley Enigma" (Linton Kwesi Johnson) /
• Chapter 33 Dub and the "Sound of Surprise" (Richard Williams) /
• Chapter 34 Reflections on Progressive Rock (Bill Bruford) /
• Chapter 35 "Disco! Disco!: Four Critics Address the Musical Question" /
• Chapter 36 "Why Don't We Call It Punk?" (Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain) /
• Chapter 37 The Subculture of British Punk (Dick Hebdige) /
• Chapter 38 "The Confessions of a Gay Rocker" (Adam Block) /
• Section IV The 1980s /
• Chapter 39 Punk Goes Hardcore (Jack Rabid) /
• Chapter 40 College Rock: "Left of the Dial" (Gina Arnold) /
• Chapter 41 "Roll Over Guitar Heroes; Synthesizers Are Here" (Jon Young) /
• Chapter 42 "MTV Ruled the World": The Early Years of Music Video (Greg Prato) /
• Chapter 43 "Molly Hatchet: Celebrity Rate-A-Record" ( Hit Parader Magazine) /
• Chapter 44 The Parents Music Resource Center: Statement before Congress (Susan Baker and Tipper Gore) /
• Chapter 45 Heavy Metal and The Highbrow/Lowbrow Divide (Robert Walser) /
• Chapter 46 "The Real Thing-Bruce Springsteen" (Simon Frith) /
• Chapter 47 Hip Hop Nation (Greg Tate) /
• Chapter 48 "Madonna-Finally, A Real Feminist" (Camille Paglia) /
• Chapter 49 "Can Madonna Justify Madonna?" (Barbara Grizzuti Harrison) /
• Section V The 1990s /
• Chapter 50 Is As Nasty As They Wanna Be Obscene? Judge Jose Gonzalez and Kathleen M. Sullivan /
• Chapter 51 "Public Enemy's Bomb Squad" (Tom Moon) /
• Chapter 52 "The Death of Sampling?" (Mark Kemp) /
• Chapter 53 "Kurt Cobain and the Politics of Damage" (Sarah Ferguson) /
• Chapter 54 "The Problem with Music" (Steve Albini) /
• Chapter 55 "Feminism Amplified" (Kim France) /
• Chapter 56 "Rock Aesthetics and Musics of the World" (Motti Regev) /
• Chapter 57 "Electronic Eden": Techno Goes Mainstream (Karen Schoemer) /
• Chapter 58 Nu Metal and Woodstock '99 (Barry Walters) /
• Chapter 59 Indie Pop Goes Twee (Joey Sweeney) /
• Chapter 60 "So You Wanna Fake Being an Indie Rock Expert?" (SoYouWanna.com) /
• Section VI The 2000s /
• Chapter 61 Metallica vs. Napster (Lars Ulrich) /
• Chapter 62 "Mother, Should I build a Wall?": Radiohead Face the Challenges of New Rock (Douglas Wolk) /
• Chapter 63 "My Week on the Avril Lavigne E-Team" (Chris Dahlen) /
• Chapter 64 "In Defense of Post-Grunge Music" (Sasha Geffen) /
• Chapter 65 Defining Emo (Urban Dictionary) /
• Chapter 66 "Even Heavy-Metal Fans Complain That Today's Music Is Too Loud!!!" (Evan Smith) /
• Chapter 67 The Whiteness of Indie and the "Myth of Vampire Weekend" (Paul Lester) /
• Chapter 68 "Why Country is the New Classic Rock" (Steve Leftridge) /
• Section VII The 2010s /
• Chapter 69 "Why no Yes in the Rock Hall?" (John Covach) /
• Chapter 70 "A Response to 'Why no Yes in the Rock Hall'" (Lauren Onkey) /
• Chapter 71 "Mumford & Sons Preaches to the Masses" (Ann Powers) /
• Chapter 72 "Making Cents": Musician Royalties in the Digital Age (Damon Krukowski) /
• Chapter 73 "Top 25 Metal Genres on Spotify" (Eliot Van Buskirk) /
• Chapter 74 "Marginalization in the Music Industry: A Twitter Expose" (Jessica Hopper) /
• Chapter 75 Twenty One Pilots: "The Slippery Appeal of the Biggest New Band in America" (Jia Tolentino) /
• Chapter 76 "Who Will Save the Guitar?" (Michael Molenda) /
• Chapter 77 "Where Have All the Rock Stars Gone?" (David Shumway)