Electric Shock

by Peter Doggett

  47. ‘Our raps may be about cars’: DE, 20 December 1979.

  48. ‘new-found form of black dance music’: ibid.

  Chapter 24: Be Disrespectful

  1. ‘Every time a 60s superstar’: NME, 5 October 1974.

  2. ‘It’s a whole new generation’: RS, 30 January 1975.

  3. ‘We want to tell you that what is around’: National Lampoon, September 1972.

  4. ‘a decade of dullness’: RS, 27 December 1979.

  5. ‘shit all over the stage’: Cream, October 1971.

  6. ‘The big stations only play’: RS, 17 November 1979.

  7. ‘The only way this whole rock ’n’ roll’: NME, 16 March 1974.

  8. ‘total lack of self-consciousness’: NME, 25 August 1973.

  9. ‘in love with rock and roll’: NME, 8 November 1975.

  10. ‘within it, you can encompass’: NME, 26 April 1975.

  11. ‘simple, primitive, direct, honest’: in Heylin, Penguin Book, p. 105.

  12. ‘retard bop’: NME, 15 May 1976.

  13. ‘I think their music does contain’: NME, 27 October 1973.

  14. ‘Could this be the New Wave?’: RS, 26 October 1972.

  15. ‘All this talk about getting’: NME, 14 September 1974.

  16. ‘challenged by a lot of wild boys’: ibid.

  17. ‘If rock becomes safe’: NME, 19 June 1976.

  18. ‘dictatorship rock’: NME, 9 February 1974.

  19. ‘Be childish. Be irresponsible’: quoted in Savage, England’s Dreaming, p. 44.

  20. ‘a cartoon vision of rock and roll’: NME, 8 November 1975.

  21. ‘a preconceived idea’: RS, 21 April 1977.

  22. ‘quite layered and structured’: Rombes, Cultural Dictionary of Punk, p. 223.

  23. ‘the punk ethic, anti-intelligence’: RS, 5 July 1973.

  24. ‘could be the Bay City Rollers’: Savage, England’s Dreaming, p. 122.

  25. ‘quartet of spiky teenage misfits’: NME, 21 February 1976.

  26. ‘It is very likely that there will’: DM, 2 December 1976.

  27. ‘Punk rock people’: DM, 1 December 1976.

  28. ‘the Sex Pistols were programmed’: Savage, England’s Dreaming, p. 150.

  29. ‘This “new wave” has got to take in’: Sniffin’ Glue, 28 September 1976.

  30. ‘the dormant energy’: NME, 6 November 1976.

  31. ‘dole queue rock’: NME, 26 March 1977.

  32. ‘Punk futures’: DM, 22 June 1977.

  33. ‘There is evidence’: Church Times, 25 March 1977.

  34. ‘Punks are the same as the Government’: Sniffin’ Glue, August–September 1977.

  35. ‘This scene, if there is’: Sniffin’ Glue, February 1977.

  36. ‘Chuck away the fucking stupid’: Sniffin’ Glue, March 1977.

  37. ‘All the new groups’: NME, 2 April 1977.

  38. ‘English punk was now open’: Savage, England’s Dreaming, p. 301.

  39. ‘Punk rock is finished’: Who Put the Bomp, March 1978.

  40. ‘built-in obsolescence’: ibid.

  41. ‘What I picked up most’: Letts, Culture Clash, p. 89.

  42. ‘There are so many new bands’: Who Put the Bomp, January 1979.

  43. ‘I was the originator of punk rock’: Record Mirror, 26 June 1976.

  44. ‘This is a chord’: Sideburns, January 1977.

  45. ‘It’s the small bands that interest me’: Sounds, August 1980.

  46. ‘Commercial punk was a sham’: Glasper, The Day the Country Died, p. 11.

  47. ‘music for people who hate music’: Rombes, A Cultural Dictionary of Punk, p. 167.

  48. ‘a disavowal – even a betrayal’: ibid., p. 166.

  49. ‘We got everything so late’: author interview, 1992.

  50. ‘seemed incredibly nihilistic’: Lahickey, All Ages, p. 96.

  51. ‘really struck by the fact’: ibid.

  52. ‘We were definitely pissing off’: ibid., p. 97.

  53. ‘It really seemed like total rebellion’: ibid., p. 20.

  Chapter 25: Dance Stance

  1. ‘Success is nothing’: BM, June 1976.

  2. ‘The poor blacks’: NME, 11 December 1976.

  3. ‘dark and uninviting’: NME, 7 September 1974.

  4. ‘The base of the music’: ibid.

  5. ‘Pretty soon a bunch’: NME, 27 October 1973.

  6. ‘They can get all the Moog’: RS, 1 March 1973.

  7. ‘As a matter of very serious’: Record Mirror, 4 February 1984.

  8. ‘You can develop a physical’: RS, 13 February 1975.

  9. ‘We are the first German group’: NME, 6 September 1975.

  10. ‘It was very gay’: Malins, Depeche Mode, p. 13.

  11. ‘a time of experimentation’: Garratt, Adventures in Wonderland, p. 72.

  12. ‘Groups that are dominated’: Keyboard, June 1982.

  13. ‘I play manually’: ibid.

  14. ‘The important lesson to be learned’: Keyboard, April 1987.

  15. ‘With better machines’: NME, 6 September 1975.

  16. ‘It’s hypnotic as dance’: Keyboard, June 1982.

  17. ‘Techno sounds like a pneumatic’: DE, 10 March 1994.

  18. ‘Most acid records’: Soul Underground, December 1988.

  19. ‘I had a razor blade’: Keyboard, August 1997.

  20. ‘I’d let it play along’: Kirn, Keyboard Presents, p. 48.

  21. ‘Stripped of their songs’: Garratt, Adventures in Wonderland, pp. 42–3.

  22. ‘The contents of the lyrics’: Hillegonda Rietvald in Redhead, Club Cultures Reader, p. 110.

  23. ‘it’s all about feeling’: Soul Underground, January 1989.

  24. ‘I remember how friendly’: Garratt, Adventures in Wonderland, p. 28.

  25. ‘We worked out that the average’: Stock, Hit Factory, p. 46.

  Chapter 26: Presenting the Fantasy

  1. ‘The illusion that rock and roll’: RS, 24 May 1984.

  2. ‘All these A&R people’: RS, 10 November 1983.

  3. ‘The man must decide’: BB, 17 November 1979.

  4. ‘If you want to sell records’: RS, 5 December 1985.

  5. ‘When we make videos’: RS, 10 November 1983.

  6. ‘Practically every video I see’: press release, summer 1984.

  7. ‘a shallow, tasteless’: ibid.

  8. ‘I wear make-up’: Malins, Depeche Mode, p. 33.

  9. ‘good old-fashioned hysteria’: RS, 10 November 1983.

  10. ‘MTV instigated a more profound’: RS, 27 September 1984.

  11. ‘Metal has broadened’: BB, 27 April 1985.

  12. ‘I call it “girl-friendly sound”’: Roth, Crazy from the Heart, p. 111.

  13. ‘The closer we dared to get’: RS, 24 May 1984.

  14. ‘fetishization of instrumental’: Walser, Running from the Devil, p. 94.

  15. ‘We came up with some fast’: Ebony, December 1982.

  16. ‘[He] fascinated the female’: BB, 1 March 1980.

  17. ‘Never trust the teller’: Studies in Classic American Literature (1923).

  18. ‘Her voice is thin’: RS, 20 December 1984.

  19. ‘I do not cling’: RS, 23 March 1989.

  20. ‘I guess I used to think’: RS, 5 May 1988.

  21. ‘Someday, Your Music Collection’: MusicVision advertisement, March 1985.

  22. ‘Is there anything behind the symbols’: Cash, Cash, pp. 12–13.

  23. ‘The New Age audience’: Q, June 1988.

  24. ‘That Michelob [beer] music’: RS, 1 June 1989.

  25. ‘the name [of the Who]’: RS, 13 July 1989.

  26. ‘Woodstock is what made’: RS, 24 August 1989.

  27. ‘Its father was a turntable’: ADC advertisement, 1977.

  28. ‘I always want an outstretched hand’: Spin, May 1985.

  Chapter 27: That Scream

  1. ‘After hearing Herc’: BM, December 1983–January 1984.

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sp; 2. ‘I was writing poetry’: Soul Underground, June 1988.

  3. ‘We don’t have to go to the leather’: Bradley, Anthology of Rap, p. 121.

  4. ‘Too many acts think that all’: Soul Underground, January 1988.

  5. ‘the Beatles of hip hop’: Weingarten, It Takes a Nation of Millions, p. 119.

  6. ‘No one could even imagine’: ibid., p. 123.

  7. ‘my biggest contribution to rap’: RS, 15 November 1990.

  8. ‘Back then there weren’t any’: Spin, May 1985.

  9. ‘One of the positive things’: RS, 14 June 1990.

  10. ‘I just got a tape’: RS, 20 September 1990.

  11. ‘No one ever brings up’: RS, 14 June 1990.

  12. ‘Jews are responsible for the majority’: quoted in Myrie, Don’t Rhyme, p. 128.

  13. ‘Now that the focus has switched’: RS, 9 August 1990.

  14. ‘In fields and warehouses’: Garratt, Adventures in Wonderland, p. 160.

  15. ‘Football hooliganism’: Spence, The Stone Roses, p. 125.

  16. ‘We saw some of the spirit’: Spence, p. 124.

  17. ‘Pop music was saved by the advent’: ibid.

  18. ‘Picture a thirteen-year-old’: The Closing of the American Mind (1993), p. 75.

  19. ‘I saw a documentary’: RS, 1 October 1992.

  20. ‘a blizzard of suicidal self-loathing’: Baddeley, Goth Chic, p. 263.

  21. ‘an audio horror movie’: ibid., p. 261.

  22. ‘If I hadn’t written those songs’: Apter, Never Enough, p. 161.

  23. ‘Maintaining the punk rock’: quoted in Morrell, Nirvana, p. 83.

  24. ‘I don’t feel the least bit guilty’: quoted in ibid., p. 119.

  25. ‘It could have been sludge’: quoted in ibid., p. 56.

  26. ‘Pantera have the ugliest’: RS, 30 June 1994.

  27. ‘Rap is media control’: RS. 23 January 1992.

  28. ‘I didn’t want to be no’: Vibe, September 1993.

  29. ‘has no place in our society’: Vibe, February 1995.

  30. ‘The greatest thing that ever happened’: ibid.

  31. ‘The young kids – all the real’: Vibe, September 1993.

  32. ‘a way for the gangs to battle’: RS, 7 August 1997.

  33. ‘We knew the power of language’: Bradley, Goth Chic, pp. 127–8.

  34. ‘Rap is really funny’: RS, 6 August 1992.

  35. ‘Gangsta rap is over’: Vibe April 1998.

  Chapter 28: Audio Time Warp

  1. ‘Touch dancing’: BB, 8 March 1980.

  2. ‘Let’s face it’: RS, 2 June 1994.

  3. ‘Big bands are young again’: BB, 8 March 1980.

  4. ‘I don’t want to be a revivalist’: RS, 23 March 1989.

  5. ‘What material would they do?’: BB, 16 February 1980.

  6. ‘The Beatles are still saving’: quoted Doggett, You Never Give Me Your Money (2009), p. 344.

  7. ‘I don’t see it as a sell-out’: RS, 11 January 1990.

  8. ‘meticulously hand-painted’: Franklin Mint advertisement, February 1995.

  9. ‘Remakes break across’: RS, 26 January 1989.

  10. ‘Listening to rock radio’: RS, 1 June 1989.

  11. ‘There is now a formula’: RS, 16 May 1993.

  12. ‘Most music is lazy’: RS, 27 May 1993.

  13. ‘The notion of being a pop star’: RS, 2 November 1995.

  14. ‘I think a lot of women’: Vibe, March 1995.

  15. ‘white kids who are black’: RS, 2 November 1995.

  16. ‘Miles Davis is my definition’: Spin, December 1985.

  17. ‘Playing 11,000-seater’: RS, 1 June 1989

  Chapter 29: The Murder of Music?

  1. ‘I was listening to the radio’: realtalkny.uproxx.com.

  2. ‘They’re murderers of music!’: The Late, Late Show (TV), October 2013.

  3. ‘The nature of stardom’: Bower, Sweet Revenge, p. 241.

  4. ‘We look at her as a franchise’: RS, 23 August 1990.

  5. ‘we correct pseudo-singers’ pitch’: RS, 4 February 1993.

  6. ‘Rock and roll is now’: RS, 19 December 1985.

  7. ‘When Bono, at the Grammies’: Steyn, Broadway Babies Say Goodnight, p. 226.

  8. ‘We’ve returned an upturned iceberg’: Q, May 1987.

  9. ‘There was a time when music’: RS, 10 November 1983.

  10. ‘All the advertising has been directed’: RS, 16 June 1994.

  11. ‘We gotta always cross-promote’: Vibe, August 1999.

  12. ‘I started waking up’: ibid.

  13. ‘Whoever put my shit on the Internet’: Alderman, Sonic Boom, p. 114.

  14. ‘Music should be free, anyway’: Vibe, August 1994.

  15. ‘The Internet’s completely over’: mirror.co.uk, 5 July 2010.

  16. ‘Digital distribution means’: Alderman, Sonic Boom, p. 4.

  17. ‘With iTunes, it’s not stealing’: Isaacson, Steve Jobs, p. 403.

  18. ‘Not having a tangible item’: The Joy of the Single, BBC4 (TV), 2012.

  19. ‘It’s possible the past 10 years’: pitchfork.com, 24 August 2009.

  20. ‘With vinyl, the aesthetic’: quoted in Fisher, Politics of Post 9/11 Sound, p. 41.

  21. ‘listening at top volume’: quoted in Johnson, Dark Side of the Tune, p. 169.

  22. ‘These people haven’t heard heavy metal’: bbc.co.uk, 20 May 2003.

  Chapter 30: Blurred Lines

  1. ‘There are so many old things’: quoted in Guardian, 4 April 2014.

  2. ‘I can’t imagine someone’: American Heritage October–November 1981.

  3. ‘Rock ’n’ roll is out of date’: DM, 8 September 1956.

  4. ‘perpetuates your adolescence’: NME, 22 November 1975.

  5. ‘Nobody’s done a death album’: NME, 9 October 1976.

  6. ‘[The 90s] was full of music’: Guardian, 25 February 2011.

  7. ‘Latin culture gets recycled’: Spin, October 1999.

  8. ‘prison escapes, massacres’: Grillo, El Narco, p. 170.

  9. ‘MTV Jams has made R&B’: Vibe, November–December 1993.

  10. ‘Eminem raps like a girl’: Vibe, June 1999.

  11. ‘Many African youths’: Vibe, August 1997.

  12. ‘I love Eminem’: Vibe, June 1999.

  13. ‘Can one artist or group’: Vibe, August 1995.

  14. ‘popped up like some kind’: Guardian, 14 November 2013.

  15. ‘It’s important to me’: Vibe, September 1999.

  16. ‘People always ask me’: RS, 27 May 1999.

  17. ‘Rock has to absorb’: RS, 14 December 1995.

  18. ‘In America now, Skrillex’: Guardian, 3 August 2012.

  19. ‘Huge chunks [of the top 40]’: Guardian, 29 December 2012.

  20. ‘Dance music now is pop music’: internationalmusicsummit.com, May 2012.

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