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In the summer of 2000, I met McKenil legsOral historian and music critic, at a multiple day event in the Mojave Desert, Miss World strange competition. I was doing an ethnographic study of this event; He started researching what would have been his book on filmmaking for adults in the United States of America, Other Hollywood (2006). We mostly talked about its history by prominent mouth, please kill me (1996). He said: “The villain has always been more than just music.” “It is a cultural phenomenon.” This feeling is explored and detailed in the size of the iain Elis The villain behind music: tracking the mutations and manifestations of the villain virus.

Of course, there is no shortage of books and articles that are achieved in the villain as a form of music. There are notes, oral history, social investigations and fans’ prizes. There are even works that seek to write down “evil aesthetic”. The villain behind music It goes beyond those approaches, as it breaks down the evil understanding as a sub -culture scattered and constantly spreading.

IAIN ELLIS is a very published academic who has been investigating and writing about the topic here for a long time PopMatters. In his book, he recounts the culture (s) of the villain because it arises in various structures and institutional expressions, exceeding the expected places of music and fashion.

The villain behind music It is a dangerous study (although it is very readable) with its academic accreditation data clearly. Certificates and notes are many, the bibliography is wide, and the index is comprehensive. The range of the folder is long -term. The organization is tight, the spoiler is friendly and flowing, and the conclusions are well supported.

As expected, the introduction sets the limits of discussion to follow up. Here, the author explains the threads used during work. This includes 1) Politics, 2) external case, 3) the evil position, 4) DIY, and 5) symbols of the villain. ELLIS is the basic concept of Ellis is that the cultural expression of Punk as a musical branch spreads to other artistic situations and cultural phenomena. As such, it is not possible (and no) to remain a firm pivotal point but changed like any such cultural aspects, in coordination with the dynamic cultural elements that produce such expressions and ultimately consume them.

Then the author follows four categories of categories of development and difference that embody the previous five features. The pre -evil includes artistic and cultural sexual movements such as Dada, Surrealism, Futures, Poison, and More than that. Proto-Punk displays many musical and art movements in the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as the Warhol Factory and its illness. The main villain It focuses on three musical combinations and its wide effects on music and beyond: The Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Clash. Publication of post -evil to select and split from the villain to many musical species to other cultural ways.

The chapters include expected topics for politics and fashion. It is not surprising that other chapters cover optical arts and theatrical arts. All four chapters expand in the traditional applications of evil sensitivities and attitudes. However, as well as such chapters in tracking the strands of the survey followed by Elos, the most interesting elements of the villain behind the music lie in other chapters. This takes the investigation and documentation to the lower worlds, and in some respects, in some respects of comedy, education and sports. These chapters may be the true power of the book since the existence of the villain in these institutions and cultural expressions (and others) have not been given before.

Ellis closes its trees in the chapters that first assess the global influence of Punk and then summarizes everything, as the villain represents a comprehensive cultural force that continues to transform itself. In this full size with many specific examples of many topics, the dispute is likely to be faced with specific parts and organizations of ELLIS. Are his five strings useful? Are his categories of the evolution of the villain justified? I will leave those discussions to others.

However, there can not be an excuse for importance The villain behind music And its sterling contribution to the musical, cultural and historical grant. The book is likely to be a test of future investigations and discussions. It is an example that cannot be ignored by those who want to be taken seriously on this topic.

I think the legs will agree.