Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk (eBook)

Eric Abbey is a professor of English and literature at Oakland Community College in Michigan. He is the author of Garage Rock and Its Roots: Musical Rebels and the Drive for Individuality.Colin Helb is an assistant professor of communications at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. His research focuses on issues of identity and culture in semiprofessional and localized music scenes.

ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Food For Thought: On Sid Vicious’s Cannibalization of “My Way” Evan WareChapter 2: Let the Shillelagh Fly: The Dropkick Murphys and Irish-American Hybridity Sean AhernChapter 3: Am I Evil? The Meaning of Metal Lyrics to its Fans Mika ElovaaraChapter 4: By Demons Be Driven? Scanning ‘Monstrous’ Voices Marcus ErbeChapter 5: Heavy Metal Music in the Caribbean Setting: Politics and Language at the PeripheryNelson Varas-Diaz, Eliut Rivera-SegarraChapter 6: No Fun: Noise Music, Avant-garde Aggression, and Sonic PunishmentRoss HaganChapter 7: The Last Report: Throbbing Gristle and Audio ExtremesBrian CoganChapter 8: Black Metal Soul Music: Stone Vengeance and the Aesthetics of Race in Heavy Metal. Kevin FellezsChapter 9: “The Time is Right to Set Our Sight on Salvation”: The Strange Tale of How the Hare Krishnas Came To Play Hardcore Punk Colin HelbChapter 10: The Cult of Hellmouth: The Success of Contemporary Hardcore Eric James AbbeyAfterwordBibliographyContributorsIndex