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OverviewListen to Grunge! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of this stripped-down and guitar-driven musical genre for scholars of grunge and curious novices alike, with a focus on 50 must-hear bands, albums, singers, and songs. Listen to Grunge! Exploring a Musical Genre begins with contextual background—increasing dissatisfaction with metal and glam, burgeoning hip hop, further development of punk, and a resurgence of 1970s rock and metal—before examining the bands, albums, singers, songs, and festivals that best represent grunge music and culture. This volume is an ideal starting point for Gen Xers and millennials alike to understand the social, political, and musical circumstances that spawned the genre and provides a comprehensive list of its main practitioners and their work. The book opens with a background and history of grunge, which contextualizes the examples covered in the must-hear music section. Listen to Grunge also examines grunge's impact on popular culture through its mainstream appeal on radio and in fashion, as well as its continuing legacy following the decline of grunge in the late 1990s. The book ends with a bibliography guiding readers toward additional resources on the topic. Gives readers a thorough overview of artists and albums whose works came to define grunge music Provides the reader with an understanding of how grunge came to be, who its main artists were, and why they are important to the genre Considers grunge as both a musical and cultural phenomenon Contextualizes the music in American history Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony J. BushardPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Greenwood Press ISBN: 9781440866227ISBN 10: 1440866228 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 31 July 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAnthony J. Bushard, PhD, is associate professor of music history in the Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |