Avant rock : experimental music from the Beatles to Björk / Bill Martin ; with a foreword by Robert Fripp.

Author/creator Martin, Bill, 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : Open Court, ©2002.
Descriptionxvi, 269 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Rock music--History and criticism.

SeriesFeedback ; v. 3
Feedback (Chicago, Ill.) ; v. 3. ^A383297
Contents Practices, modalities -- Synthesis and new vocabularies -- When John met Yoko: the Beatles come apart -- Deconstruction of the European classical tradition: John Cage and Glenn Gould -- Blues into fragments: John Coltrane and Cecil Taylor -- Electric Miles -- Forests and trees -- Noisy New York: the Velvet Underground -- Psychedelic blues: Jimi Hendrix -- The passage through progressive -- Intimations of postmodern rock: Steely Dan -- The passage through punk -- Punk meets the Godmother: Patti Smith -- Funk beyond the Godfather: George Clinton and P-Funk -- Progressive times punk equals new wave -- Before and after Eno -- The transition to post-rock -- Symphonies of hellacious electric guitars: Glenn Branca -- Sonic truth -- The Laswell/Zorn nexus -- Avant-retro: Stereolab -- Mom, can I take turntable lessons? or, Nobody here but me and my sampler -- King Crimson exists when there is King Crimson music to be played -- Land of the rising noise -- Bjork, Jim O'Rourke, and beyond -- Rock out -- Manifesto: Avant rock, the very idea -- Rock music in postmodern times.
Abstract Critiquing avant-garde rock bands from the 1960s to the present, the author examines how social upheaval gave rise to this new form of musical expression. He covers early experimentation by artists such as James Brown; initiation into the mainstream and the resulting adaptations by the Beatles and the Who; and continues into the present looking at how groups like Stereolab, Sonic Youth, Jim O'Rourke, and others continue to innovate. An annotated discography is included.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index.
LCCN 2001059315
ISBN0812695003 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML3534 .M411 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold