Rockism
Rockism refers to a form of male-dominated rock music that has solidified into a cliché and whose repertoire of forms is traditionally shaped. Musically are mainly blues rock - scheme and classical song structure with verse and chorus used. The authentic and expressive representation of emotionality is considered the center of artistic creation. Technical virtuosity is also demonstrated here and there in rockism . A rock tube voice and excessive electric guitar solo are a guarantee of honest rock music. Boots, jeans and leather clothes determine the outfit.
Rockism is a term used for criticism. Followers of rock music do not see themselves as "rockists", but as blues lovers, rock musicians, heavy metal fans or the like. The concept of rockism is a construct to typologize different facets of rock music culture for the purpose of criticism in a socio-psychological way, to artistically schematize and to summarize in a simplified way. The term rockism emerged in the British music press in the early 1980s after punk . Criticism of the stylistic devices and the models of traditionalist rock music is represented from different sides. The ephemeral pop music that pursues fashion strategies , for example, criticizes the rockist conception of authenticity. By means of montage and sampling, hip-hop broke through the traditional forms of song and rock music group formation. In feminism u. a. of heterosexually oriented dominant habit in ROCKISM as machismo criticized.
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- ↑ Ex- NME music critic Paul Morley points out that the term was inspired by the title of a music festival ("Race Against Rockism") and was adopted for music criticism because of its vagueness. Paul Morley: " Rockism - it's the new rockism ", in: The Guardian , May 26, 2006.
literature
- Simon Reynolds : Rip It Up And Start Again. Throw everything down and start again. Post-punk 1978-1984. Munich: Hannibal-Verlag, 2007 (English original edition 2005)