Cock rock

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For other uses, see Cock rock (disambiguation).
Male cock-rocker displaying his bare chest
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, considered one of the key acts in the development of cock rock, onstage in New York in 1973

Cock rock is a description of

male sexuality
. The style developed in the later 1960s, came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s, and continues into the present day.

Characteristics

Cock rock is a musical genre.[1][2][3] Philip Auslander uses Simon Frith's description of cock rock characteristics:

[C]ock-rock performance means an explicit, crude, 'masterful' expression of sexuality ... Cock-rock performers are aggressive, boastful, constantly drawing audience attention to their prowess and control. Their bodies are on display ... mikes and guitars are phallic symbols (or else caressed like female bodies), the music is loud, rhythmically insistent, built around techniques of arousal and release. Lyrics are assertive and arrogant, but the exact words are less significant than the vocal styles involved, the shrill shouting and screaming.[4]

Use of the term

The meaning of the term cock rock has changed over time. It was first mentioned by an anonymous author in the New York–based underground

Rolling Stones, The Who and Jim Morrison of The Doors.[9]

In 1981, Frith described the characteristics of cock rock in a way that could apply to female performers, not just male ones.[4] In 2004, Auslander used this description of cock-rock characteristics to show that Suzi Quatro (the first female bass player to become a major rockstar) is a female cock-rocker.[10]

Since the 1980s, the term has been sometimes interchangeable with

Poison.[12] Despite the name, many of these bands had or have large numbers of female fans.[13] The spoof documentary This Is Spinal Tap is an acclaimed parody of the genre.[14] In the 21st century, there was a revival of the genre with the sleaze metal movement in Sweden, with acts including Vains of Jenna.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ Burton, Jack (Spring 2007). "Dude Looks Like A Lady: Straight Camp and the Homo-social World of Hard Rock". Forum, University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts. 04. University of Edinburgh: 10. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  2. ^ DeLane Doktor, Stephanie (May 2008). "Covering the tracks: exploring cross-gender covers of the Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction'" (PDF). University of Georgia: 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Ramirez, Michael (December 2007). "Music, gender, and coming of age in the lives of indie rock performers" (PDF). University of Georgia: 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^
    S2CID 191508078. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on May 24, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  5. ISBN 0-415-97501-8
    , p. 125.
  6. ISBN 0-415-28425-2
    , pp. 130-1.
  7. ISBN 0-7546-3862-6
    , pp. 24-6.
  8. ISBN 0-674-00547-3
    , pp. 238-9.
  9. ISBN 0-472-06868-7
    , p. 201.
  10. S2CID 191508078. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on May 24, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  11. ISBN 0-7434-0656-7
    , pp. 100-1.
  12. ^ "Hair metal", Allmusic retrieved December 30, 2010.
  13. ISBN 0-8147-5748-0
    , pp. 109-110.
  14. ISBN 0-415-90908-2
    , p. 259.
  15. ^ M. Brown, "Vains of Jenna", Allmusic, retrieved June 19, 2010.

External links

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