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This is the first extensive scholarly study of drone metal music
and its religious associations, drawing on five years of
ethnographic participant observation from more than 300
performances and 74 interviews, plus surveys, analyses of sound
recordings, artwork, and extensive online discourse about music.
Owen Coggins shows that while many drone metal listeners identify
as non-religious, their ways of engaging with and talking about
drone metal are richly informed by mysticism, ritual and religion.
He explores why language relating to mysticism and spiritual
experience is so prevalent in drone metal culture and in discussion
of musical experiences and practices of the genre. The author
develops the work of Michel de Certeau to provide an empirically
grounded theory of mysticism in popular culture. He argues that the
marginality of the genre culture, together with the extremely
abstract sound produces a focus on the listeners' engagement with
sound, and that this in turn creates a space for the open-ended
exploration of religiosity in extreme states of bodily
consciousness.
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- Metallica
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Michael Frizell; Cover design or artwork by David Frizell; Illustrated by Jayfri Hashim
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Sounds of Glory Volume One is packed with brilliant stories from
the biggest names in rock and metal.The New Wave of British Heavy
Metal erupted in the late 70s. Iron Maiden conquered the world, Def
Leppard conquered the USA...and alongside them rock gods like Ozzy
Osbourne and Ritchie Blackmore enjoyed unexpected revivals.At the
heart of this rock 'n' roll tsunami was Britain's SOUNDS magazine.
And at the heart of SOUNDS was Garry Bushell. Like his idols, Garry
lived every day as if it was his last. Which it nearly was. Fed
heroin in India by Hanoi Rocks, being raided by the C.I.D. in a
Motorhead related incident, getting his eyebrows shaved off by
Ozzy...Garry recalls it all in this funny, fast-moving memoir which
also takes in Thin Lizzy, UFO, Gary Moore, Status Quo, Twisted
Sister, Rose Tattoo, ZZ Top and more.All raw, exciting,
world-beating talents whose heritage endures to this day.This is a
laugh-out-loud road trip through the glory years of Sounds and the
golden years of rock music...when Rock Gods ruled the earth.
This book is a timely examination of the tension between being a
rock music fan and being a woman. From the media representation of
women rock fans as groupies to the widely held belief that hard
rock and metal is masculine music, being a music fan is an
experience shaped by gender. Through a lively discussion of the
idealised imaginary community created in the media and interviews
with women fans in the UK, Rosemary Lucy Hill grapples with the
controversial topics of groupies, sexism and male dominance in
metal. She challenges the claim that the genre is inherently
masculine, arguing that musical pleasure is much more sophisticated
than simplistic enjoyments of aggression, violence and virtuosity.
Listening to women's experiences, she maintains, enables new
thinking about hard rock and metal music, and about what it is like
to be a women fan in a sexist environment.
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