MUSI 2007 Study Guide - Final Guide: American Independent Network, Malcolm Mclaren, Punk Fashion
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Pre 1945 anglo-american fold balads, delta blues, tin pan alley pop, early country music, rhythm and blues. Important ancestors , weren"t "punk" but they led to the creation of it. New york and san francisco thought each other sucked, san fran thought new york cold, cynical new york thought san fran unskilled naive, but both exploring. Andy warhol and velvet underground most important in 1960s for punk in new york. His paintings resembled f u world, a lot of people hung out at the studio, druggies, transvestites. Velvet underground lou reed john cale, experimental type, so attracted to nyc. Warhol produced vu first album, repetive beats, simple, not the most skillful musicians, socially awkward, anti-conformist. (talking about beign gay in im waiting for the man), underground type of music. 1960 ntyc punk proto-punk, dark themes, shock value, nihilism,connection to avant-garde art world, the beatles were considered art rock, weird ironic.