MUSC 2150 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Summary
14 Apr 2012
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Chapter 10: mainstream rock, punk and new wave. Punk and new-wave became two musical movements on the fringe of the rock world to overthrow the rock establishment and to challenge its commercial domination. They positioned themselves against mainstream rock, rejecting sophisticated hippie bands for the simplicity of pre-hippie rock. Rock music had become a big business and rock musicians were increasingly designing music for popular appeal instead of musical expression. The first half of the 70s was a time of emerging new styles that developed aspects of psychedelic music, while the second half was consolidation of earlier styles. Punk first began in new york underground and later gathered steam in london, then broke into uk and us mainstream as new wave. Young people tuned into these stations, thus a lot of money could be made from. At the beginning of the 1907s, fm stations were relatively free form, with music advertisements. choices made by djs.
