MUSIC 151 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: The Yardbirds, Ginger Baker, Heavy Metals
Document Summary
The anti-war, communal living, free love us generation of the 1960s, slowly began to evolve into the me generation of the 1970s. What historian joe stuessy vividly describes as the me- ism, of the 1970s, resulted in the fragmentation of society into many distinctive groups. This also had a toll on music, fragmenting a large genre into many subgenres, such as pop rock, heavy metal, and punk, all within the rock category. The demographic for heavy metal"s audience is largely white male teenagers with an interest in aggressiveness and strength. Lavish performances included smoke machines, light shows, and pyrotechnics. Lyrics and visual themes draw from horror films, violence and gore, with artists clad in black leather and menacing makeup. The key to heavy metal is power, it is extremely loud and does not emphasize danceability. It is more of a concert music, involving changes of tempo and long instrumental passages.
