My favorite music genre is Alternative Rock, a subgenre of rock music characterized by its non-mainstream sound and experimental approach. “Alternative Rock Music has been called a hybrid sound because it is a blend of many different elements from a variety of different elements from a variety of different genre such as blues, pop, country, folk, and more, to create something new.’ The genre has been defined as a mixed bag of cutting-edge indie rockers and classic stadium arena artists. It was typified by the band’s rejection of commercialism and difficulty fitting into a particular genre. Alternative Rock bands were largely under-represented on radio and television. Moreover, Alternative Rock is used as a marketing term to refer to various …show more content…
Their music often includes a diverse negative influence of the digital age that makes comparison through SNS and fades of one’s identity. The contrast between Nirvana and Twenty-One Pilots shows the wide variation of alternative rock and its capacity to adapt to the changing cultural background. While Nirvana gave voice to the disenchanted youth of the late 20th century, Twenty-One Pilots speaks to a new generation facing the unique challenges of the 21st century, such as the impact of technology on mental health and the struggle to find one’s place in an increasingly complex world. Also, their music forms are different even though they are of the same genre. Smells Like Teen Spirit is characterized by a raw sound, heavy guitar riffs, and dynamic contrast between quiet verses and loud choruses. However, Stressed Out includes synthesizers, electronic beats, and production techniques that give it a distinctive sound, blending traditional instruments with modern electronic sounds. Both bands, despite their differences, have common ground in their ability to connect with their audience on an emotional level. Their music serves as a form of expression and catharsis for those who feel they are an underdog, misunderstood or marginalized. In conclusion, the analysis of Nirvana and Twenty-One Pilots within the boundaries of alternative rock not only highlights the genre’s diversity and evolution, but also its connection to the cultural background. Both Nirvana and Twenty-One Pilots have profoundly affected American culture and the alternative rock genre through their art, showing the genre's enduring significance and transformative potential. Both band’s music shows the social problems that their generation undergoes. Through this essay, I realize that songs
In Justin Pearson's memoir, From the Graveyard of the arousal Industry, he recounts the events that occured from his early years of adolesence to the latter years of his adulthood telling the story of his unforgiving and candid life. Set in the late 1970s "Punk" rock era, From the Graveyard of the Arousal Industry offers a valuable perspective about the role culture takes in our lives, how we interact with it and how it differs from ideology.
The hippie aesthetic era was an important time in rock and roll during the late 60’s and on into the early 80’s. It was a time were rock had a sense of purpose. They sung about the issues that plagued the country. It was also a time where technology would play an important roll in the sound of music, with the advancement in recording and synthesizer technology (Covach, “The Hippie Aesthetic”). The hippie aesthetic was not immune to the advancement of music. This essay will go over three songs that represent the different aspects of this era. It’ll will review a song that is predominately hippie aesthetic, a song that is a little of both, and finally a song that has no trace of hippie aesthetic.
“We’re just musically and rhythmically retarded. We play so hard that we can’t tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to that.” Kurt Cobain’s thoughts on why his band, Nirvana was such a massive success in an unexpected way. A heroin shooting, guitar strumming musician who sang the barely audible lyrics which spoke so loudly for the angst ridden youth of America had such an important influence on our culture that over twenty years later, the details around his suicide are still heatedly debated. The impact that Cobain had on the world was intense at the time and can still be found today; the music he wrote for Nirvana had influence on the music industry, his unintended voice to angst-ridden society and even the fashion industry cashed in on his style.
Since the appearance of Rock and Roll in the 1950s, people have developed an aversion against it; not just what it represents, but also the way it sounds — fast, chaotic and “dangerous”. Rock and Roll in the 1950s represented an uncontrolled group of teenagers whose attitude became more private, secretive, and defensive and at times disrespectful. These changes in the teenager’s behavior were a part of an intense sociological shift that society suffered from after World War II. A time, in which many distinguished factors, one being Rock and Roll, collaborated to create a generation gap in American families that continues to prevail until today.
There possibly isn't an album in history that is as genre defining as Nirvana's Nevermind. Released in 1991, it single handedly was responsible for the birth of what became to be known as grunge and has gone on to sell over 10 million copies in the United States alone (Stuessy, Joe). It reached number 1 in 1991 and was the first album to bring Seattle grunge to the mainstream audience (Stuessy, Joe). Nevermind is a mix of slow, dark songs and fast paced grunge rock songs. With its grinding guitars, pounding drums, and lead singer, Kurt Cobain's distinctive voice, Nevermind found a distinctive way to fuse alternative punk with 70's rock (Nirvana, Nevermind).
If any one person should know anything about my music tastes they should know this, I listen to almost every kind of music. I don't see the point of confining myself to only one or two different genres. I have learned to love all kinds of music for all different aspects.
Throughout history, music has been the artistic stage of philosphoical output of both ideas, emotions and stories, enducing emotional and cogitational responses from the audience, through it’s representation of ideas and through ‘words in music’. Victor Hugo says- “Music expresses…. that which cannot remain silent” (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885), and is a predominant feature in the early 1990s ‘Riot Grrrl’ movement, in which female-empowerment bands would address modern issues of sexual abuse, racism, and the patriarchy through their underground, punk rock music.
Although the style of ‘Rock music’ is easily adaptable to many different sounds, it is still thoroughly identified by its definingly amplified rhythm. The sudden worldwide popularity of rock and roll resulted in an unparalleled social impact. Rock ‘n’ Roll influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language in a way few other social developments have equaled. The social impact is so large that rock stars are worshipped worldwide. In its early years, many adults condemned the style of music, placing a stigma on its name, and forbid their children from listening and following its ways.
Music in America in the late 1980s saw a revolution in the form of a whole new genre, which would later be known as ‘grunge’. It is perhaps one of America’s most notable contributions to the music world. Grunge originated in Seattle and spread through the United States over the 1990s. It also influenced the international music scene, inspiring artists, and creating a huge world-wide fan base. The music was inspired by punk rock, but had more edgy riffs coupled with emotive, sometimes heavy lyrics. This type of music reached out to and addressed an oppressed and often abused audience. The angry musical riffs, paired with lyrics that most young Americans could relate to, or had even experienced, made grunge instantly popular. Grunge revolutionized not only music in America, but also left its mark on American culture. Grunge, as a genre of music and as a lifestyle, broke away from the glamour of the mainstream music world, allowing people to express themselves through music that was relatable and real.
“A person’s behavior, whether normal or abnormal, is determined largely by underlying psychological forces of which he or she is not consciously aware.” (Comer, 2011, p. 37) The psychodynamic model is the oldest and most famously used model when diagnosing and treating abnormal behaviors; its purpose is to find the problem hidden in past events within a person’s life. In this paper I will be discussing the life of Kurt Cobain, describing his diagnosis based on the five axes of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV TR, and what his possible treatment could have been, all through a psychodynamic point of view.
This article demonstatres how important Kurt Cobain was both as a rock and roll icon and a philosopher. His songs which he recorded himself are still popular today, over 20 years after his death. The author argues how Cobain influences other young artists and his effect on the direction of the music industry.
In conclusion, I would like to state that even though this paper has marked a clear difference between what is perceived through the eyes of a witness as opposed to a research, the grunge movement, although a media commodity, an ironic mainstream movement whose philosophy was to oppose the mainstream in the first place, has left its mark on the music industry. It should, under no circumstance, be assumed that all there was to the grunge movement was a manipulation. It was the heart and soul of its audience, and remains quite so today, on an international basis. Not for its history, but for the content of its music.
Our entire lives have been shaped by the events happening around us. Along with us many factors in our day to day lives have evolved too, including musical genre. One such genre is rock. Rock is a genre for the youth, by the youth, it has evolved to stay with the times and stand up for what’s right. In this essay I will prove why rock is a good example to show how genre has been defined, maintained, constructed and negotiated through the past 60-70 years since the very first Proto Rock song came out.
Generation y has revolutionized how people think and create music. “The world considers generation y to be generation x on steroids (Sophia Yan).” The adults and teens...
With the music being the highly profitable, capitalist enterprise that it is today, it is no wonder that it is controlled and regulated by a few large conglomerates that exist is today’s world. It is important to make clear that although evidence is being presented of the positive aspects of globalization through music that there is overwhelming evidence that cultural imperialism is more than it seems on the outside. One must keep in mind that cultural imperialism, globalization and the creation of a global village is a business. People are profiting at other people’s loss of cultural identity, they are sold a culture and heritage. With the every growing N’Sync fan clubs and Britney clones, the world is turning into a stage for pop culture and its glamorous unattainable standards.