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C O U R S E
History of Rock, 1970-Present
John Covach, University of Rochester
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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 |
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punk arose from an underground scene in New York
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you had to be at CBGB to know that it was there
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some elements of that, especially the music of the Ramones, translated into a UK scene
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Malcolm McLaren put together the Sex Pistols
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the bands in New York profited from this
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by the end of the 1970s, groups like Talking Heads and Blondie were having pretty good success
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the American industry had recast punk as New Wave
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taking the danger, the anger out of the music and turned it into an aesthetic protest instead of a political protest
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punk went underground
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an 80s scene developed which is often called Hard Core Punk
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developed out of the music of the Ramones and Sex Pistols
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loud, fast, and aggressive music
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with a D.I.Y. aesthetic
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bands starting their own record labels and distributing and distributing those records through small, independent record stores in local and regional areas
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three local punk scenes
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1. Los Angeles
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the discontented youth idea of the 1970s
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hard to understand what they were discontented about
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The Decline of Western Civilization (1980)
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Penelope Spheeris
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documentary of the punk scene in Los Angeles
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Fear
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led by Lee Ving
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appeared on Saturday Night Live
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"New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones"
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during the performance they shout "New York Sucks"
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members of the audience started slam dancing
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they faded to commercial because they were afraid that a riot was breaking about
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anti-establishment
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anti-music-business-establishment
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Black Flag
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Greg Ginn
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formed their own label, SST
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released theirs and other's music
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1978: Nervous Breakdown
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distorted guitars
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screamed vocals
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profane lyrics about youthful alienation
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songs are very short
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entire EP last about 5 minutes
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1981 Damaged
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Minutemen
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1981 The Punch Line
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2. Washington D.C. / New York
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different attitudes than in L.A.
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more intellectual attitude toward political change
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less angry ranting and more of a refined discourse
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some groups anti-drug and anti-alcohol
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Bad Brains
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all African-American band
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1982 Bad Brains
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moved to New York
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Teen Idles
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Ian MacKaye
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Minor Threat
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1981 In My Eyes
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3. Minneanapolis / St. Paul
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more melodic
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less angry on the surface
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attracted a larger audience
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The Replacements
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Paul Westerberg
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1979 formed
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1983 Hootenanny
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Twin/Tone label
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"Color Me Impressed"
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1985 "Bastards of Young"
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Hüsker Dü
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SST
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1979
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1984 Zen Arcade
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had videos
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1985 "Makes No Sense At All"
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"Love Is All Around"
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became the Mary Tyler Moore theme song