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Subcultures, pop music and politics: skinheads and "Nazi rock" in England and Germany
Right-wing extremist rock music--so-called "Nazi rock"--is one of the most problematic of popular musical genres. Emerging from the skinhead ......(Continue Reading) The darkness: the British rock band that's transforming hair metal from Gaudy to Glam - Music News - Justin Hawkins - Brief Article
Justin Hawkins, the front man for British hair-metal revivalists the Darkness, is serious about his rock 'n' roll. Recalling the spandex-clad salad days of melody abusers like Whitesnake and Def Le...(Continue Reading)This charming man: it is 20 years since The Smiths' first hit transformed the British music scene. Jason Cowley on pop's antidote to early Thatcherism
To understand the impact Morrissey and his band The Smiths had on British popular culture when they first emerged in the autumn of 1983, one must first ......(Continue Reading)Free thinking - British jazz music
British jazz music was popular for a short while in the 1960s. The recordings of a number of UK jazz musicians from that era will be reintroduced to the ......(Continue Reading)Toploader By Jonathan Moskowitz - British rock band - Brief Article
AMONG ALL THE BUMMERS, A BAND THAT GRINS The members of Toploader have a lot to celebrate. Their cover of forgotten '70s anthem "Dancing in the Moonlight" ......(Continue Reading)
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