Art punk,orartcore,is a subgenre ofpunk rockin which artists go beyond the genre's rudimentarygarage rockand are considered more sophisticated than their peers.[1]These groups still generated punk's aesthetic of being simple, offensive, and free-spirited, but essentially attracted audiences other than the angry, working-class ones that surroundedpub rock.[2]
| Art punk | |
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| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | 1970s, United Kingdom and United States |
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History
editIn the rock music of the 1970s, the "art" descriptor was generally understood to mean either "aggressively avant-garde" or "pretentiously progressive".[3]MusicologistsSimon Frithand Howard Horne described the band managers of the 1970s punk bands as "the most articulate theorists of the art punk movement", with Bob Last ofFast Productidentified as one of the first to apply art theory to marketing, andTony Wilson'sFactory Recordsdescribed as "applying theBauhausprinciple of the same 'look' for all the company's goods ".[4]Wire'sColin Newmandescribed art punk in 2006 as "the drug of choice of a whole generation".[5]PitchforkattributesMayo ThompsonofRed Krayolaas "the primary oracle for a generation ofart punks,industrial savants,andnew-wavescientists ".[6]AllMusicstated "it would take a few decades ofpost-punkexperimentalism before Mayo Thompson's vision would have a truly suitable context. "[7]
Anna Szemere traces the beginnings of theHungarianart-punk subculture to 1978, when punk band the Spions performed three concerts which drew on conceptualistperformance artandAntonin Artaud'sTheatre of Cruelty,with neo-avant-garde/anarchistmanifestos handed out to the audience.[8]
References
edit- ^Gittins 2004,p. 5.
- ^Desrosiers, Mark (November 8, 2001)."25 Up: Punk's Silver Jubilee: Aesthetic Anesthetic: Liberating the Punk Canon".PopMatters.
- ^Murray, Noel (May 28, 2015)."60 minutes of music that sum up art-punk pioneers Wire".The A.V. Club.
- ^Frith, Simon & Horne, Howard (1987)Art into Pop,Methuen,ISBN978-0-416-41540-7,p. 129-130
- ^Newman, Colin (2006) "Wire: the art-punk band's journey and legacy",The Independent,17 February 2006
- ^"The Red Krayola: Introduction Album Review".Pitchfork.22 June 2006.
- ^The Red Krayola - God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail with It Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic,retrieved2023-04-20
- ^Szemere, Anna (1997)Up from the Underground: The Culture of Rock Music in Postsocialist Hungary,Pennsylvania State University Press,ISBN978-0-271-02133-1,p. 41
Bibliography
edit- Gittins, Ian (2004).Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime: the Stories Behind Every Song.Hal Leonard.ISBN978-0-634-08033-3.