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The convergence of rock music, counterculture politics and avant-garde aesthetics in the late 1960s underscored the careers of the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and the Velvet Underground.

This book examines these artists'' relationships to the historical avant-garde (Artaud, Brecht, Dada) and neo-avant-garde (Warhol, Pop Art, minimalism), considering their work in light of debates about modernism versus postmodernism.

The author analyzes the performers'' use of dissonance and noise within popular music, the role of social commentary and controversial topics in songs, and the experiments with concert and studio performance.

Albums discussed include Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album, Freak Out!, We''re Only in It for the Money, The Velvet Underground and Nico and White Light/White Heat, as well as John Lennon''s collaborations with Yoko Ono, the Zappa-produced Trout Mask Replica by Captain Bee

Rock Counterculture and the AvantGarde 19661970

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 1/29/2016 12:02:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476662145, 978-1476662145
      ISBN10: 1476662142

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The convergence of rock music, counterculture politics and avant-garde aesthetics in the late 1960s underscored the careers of the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and the Velvet Underground.

      This book examines these artists'' relationships to the historical avant-garde (Artaud, Brecht, Dada) and neo-avant-garde (Warhol, Pop Art, minimalism), considering their work in light of debates about modernism versus postmodernism.

      The author analyzes the performers'' use of dissonance and noise within popular music, the role of social commentary and controversial topics in songs, and the experiments with concert and studio performance.

      Albums discussed include Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album, Freak Out!, We''re Only in It for the Money, The Velvet Underground and Nico and White Light/White Heat, as well as John Lennon''s collaborations with Yoko Ono, the Zappa-produced Trout Mask Replica by Captain Bee

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