Working class heroes : rock music and British society in the 1960s and 1970s

Working class heroes : rock music and British society in the 1960s and 1970s /

In Working Class Heroes, David Simonelli explores the influence of rock and roll on British society in the 1960s and 70s. At a time when social distinctions were becoming harder to measure, rock musicians appeared to embody the mythical qualities of the idealized working class by perpetuating the im...

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Main Author: Simonelli, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013
Subjects:
Rock music > Great Britain > 1961-1970 > History and criticism.
Rock music > Great Britain > 1971-1980 > History and criticism.
Popular music > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Society, culture and music in Britain before 1963
  • The Beatles
  • London
  • Mods
  • Marketing a lifestyle
  • Psychedelia
  • Folk rock
  • The counterculture
  • Progressive rock
  • Heavy metal and hard rock
  • Glamrock
  • The business of rock music
  • Punk.

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