MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Diy Ethic, Hard Rock, Jimmy Page
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Marks the shift from rock n roll to rock. Fm radio to aor (album oriented rock) 1970s are a decade where cynicism had set into the usa. New style becomes central in the 1970s, as a response to what happened in the 60s but also a continuation of it hard rock. To great extent is a response to the failure of the counterculture. Hard rock & heavy metal is more focussed on individuality vs. the counterculture was all about the community. Sonic development from psychedelic blues - can trace a lot of this back to counterculture (jimi. Distinction bw hard rock and heavy metal not 2 seperate styles, but 2 ends on a continuum. Where an artist is placed on the scale is very subjective. 4 differences (cid:840)(cid:873)guidelines(cid:874)(cid:841: distortion - primarily about guitars. As you go towards heavy metal end of spectrum, the level of distortion becomes more intense.
