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Music of the 1980s / Thomas Harrison.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3477 .H37 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Thomas (Thomas R.), 1969-
- Series:
- American history through music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--United States--1981-1990--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2011]
- Summary:
- With this history, Harrison (music business and recording, Jacksonville U.) traces American music of the 1980s, particularly pop, hard rock and heavy metal, mainstream and underground rock, and country, and their prominent artists. He discusses those who became popular through MTV, such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Whitney Houston, and Public Enemy; bands like Van Halen, Metallica, Poisin, and Megadeth; Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp, Foreigner, Heart, and college and punk groups like REM and Social Distortion; outlaw and mainstream country artists and songs; and specialized genres in the final chapter, including musical theater, smooth and free jazz, and minimalist and avant-garde classical music. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Pop becomes visual
- Hard rock and heavy metal's pinnacle
- Mainstream and underground rock
- Country in the 1980s
- Specialized genres.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313365997
- 0313365997
- 9780313366000
- 0313366004
- OCLC:
- 701807951
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