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C O U R S E L E C T U R E Punk Goes Hardcore Notes taken on February 12, 2017 by Edward Tanguay |
punk arose from an underground scene in New York
you had to be at CBGB to know that it was there
some elements of that, especially the music of the Ramones, translated into a UK scene
Malcolm McLaren put together the Sex Pistols
the bands in New York profited from this
by the end of the 1970s, groups like Talking Heads and Blondie were having pretty good success
the American industry had recast punk as New Wave
taking the danger, the anger out of the music and turned it into an aesthetic protest instead of a political protest
an 80s scene developed which is often called Hard Core Punk
developed out of the music of the Ramones and Sex Pistols
loud, fast, and aggressive music
with a D.I.Y. aesthetic
bands starting their own record labels and distributing and distributing those records through small, independent record stores in local and regional areas
three local punk scenes
the discontented youth idea of the 1970s
hard to understand what they were discontented about
The Decline of Western Civilization (1980)
documentary of the punk scene in Los Angeles
appeared on Saturday Night Live
"New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones"
during the performance they shout "New York Sucks"
members of the audience started slam dancing
they faded to commercial because they were afraid that a riot was breaking about
anti-music-business-establishment
formed their own label, SST
released theirs and other's music
1978: Nervous Breakdown
profane lyrics about youthful alienation
entire EP last about 5 minutes
2. Washington D.C. / New York
different attitudes than in L.A.
more intellectual attitude toward political change
less angry ranting and more of a refined discourse
some groups anti-drug and anti-alcohol
all African-American band
3. Minneanapolis / St. Paul
less angry on the surface
attracted a larger audience
1985 "Bastards of Young"
1985 "Makes No Sense At All"
became the Mary Tyler Moore theme song