Next Grad School project: Cultural, political, and social critique in Rock Music
With my last long-term research project in iconography complete and out the door, chasing presentation and publication opportunities, I'm moving my next back-burner research project forward: an examination of cultural, political, and social critiques in rock music.
This undertaking was inspired by, and will probably speak much of, the Queensryche albums Mindcrime (1988) and Empire (1990), as well as their upcoming Mindcrime II album, as well as the fact that I've found very little research in the field of Communication studies on this subject.
As with my past track record in academia, this undertaking will not attempt to defend, express or critique any personal views or general political leanings (I imagine a lot of this stuff is much farther to the left than I am), but present the facts as they are, and those who read this stuff can take it for what it's worth.
But if anyone is interested in Alice Cooper's thoughts on politics and rock, here they are:
This undertaking was inspired by, and will probably speak much of, the Queensryche albums Mindcrime (1988) and Empire (1990), as well as their upcoming Mindcrime II album, as well as the fact that I've found very little research in the field of Communication studies on this subject.
As with my past track record in academia, this undertaking will not attempt to defend, express or critique any personal views or general political leanings (I imagine a lot of this stuff is much farther to the left than I am), but present the facts as they are, and those who read this stuff can take it for what it's worth.
But if anyone is interested in Alice Cooper's thoughts on politics and rock, here they are:
"I call it treason against rock 'n' roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics."
"When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling Stones as loud as I could. So when I see all these rock stars up there talking politics, it makes me sick.
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."
Input from any readers as to directions I should take or resources I should consider in my work, which I hope to release early next year, will be gladly accepted.
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