Shock rock

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For the rock band, see Shlock Rock.
Shock rock
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1950s–1970s, United Kingdom and United States
Derivative formsHorror punk
Local scenes
United Kingdom, United States
Other topics

Shock rock is the combination of

special effects such as pyrotechnics or fake blood. Shock rock also often includes elements of horror
.

History

smoke bombs.[1] Another artist who performed similar stunts was the British singer-songwriter Screaming Lord Sutch
.

Arthur Brown in 2005. During live performances and in the promotional television video, Brown performed the 1968 song "Fire" wearing black and white makeup (corpse paint) and a burning headpiece.[2][3]

The 1960s brought several proto-shock rock artists. In the UK,

Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Detroit musician Iggy Pop of the Stooges adopted a violent, erratic onstage persona which drew widespread recognition, as Pop would often throw his body about the stage, frequently injuring his band members. Pop was known to wear a dog collar during some performances, along with arm length silver lamé gloves, exemplifying both shock and glam rock sensibilities.[4] At at least one show in 1970, Pop smeared peanut butter on his body and threw it into the crowd as well.[4]

On seeing Arthur Brown, Alice Cooper stated, "Can you imagine the young Alice Cooper watching that with all his make-up and hellish performance? It was like all my Halloweens came at once!"[5]

public indecency.[6][citation not found] Jim Farber of Sounds described the show: "Lead singer/ex-porn star/current weight lifter Wendy Orleans Williams (W.O.W. for short) spends most of the Plasmatics' show fondling her family size breasts, scratching her sweaty snatch and eating the drum kit, among other playful events".[7][citation not found
]

From the late 1970s to his death in 1993, GG Allin was known less for his music than for his wildly transgressive antics, which included indecent exposure (stripping and performing naked was one of Allin's most common rituals), on-stage defecation, coprophagia, self-mutilation, and attacking audience members.[8]

In the 1980s in Richmond, Virginia,

jousts
and pretending to murder each other.

The Mentors cultivated a shock-rock image by wearing executioners' hoods in concert and making deliberately outlandish statements to the press. In the 1990s, vocalist Eldon Hoke also began incorporating onstage sex acts into the band's repertoire.[9]

Marilyn Manson has widely been described as a shock rocker

In the 1990s and 2000s,

Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn) as "perhaps the sickest group ever promoted by a mainstream record company." Manson's stage antics, such as burning the American flag and ripping pages out of the Bible, have been the focus of protests throughout his career.[10] Manson argued that every artist has their means of presentation and that his visual and vocal styles are merely a way for him to control the angle that his audience and the general public view and interpret what he is trying to convey artistically.[11]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-415-92700-0
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  2. ISBN 9781402769764
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  3. ^ a b "Arthur Brown on Shock Rock, Hendrix, Close Calls With Fire". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 December 2017
  4. ^ a b Petrusich, Amanda (August 26, 2019). "The Survival of Iggy Pop". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Alice Cooper recruits Arthur Brown for fire-themed Halloween show". Ultimate Classic Rock. December 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Skanse
  7. ^ Gimarc, p.235
  8. ^ Huey, Steve. GG Allin bio. AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  9. ^ Torreano, Bradley. The Mentors bio. AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  10. ^ "The mystery of Marilyn Manson". BBC News. April 22, 1999.
  11. ^ "Fox News Marilyn Manson Interview". YouTube. Retrieved January 12, 2008.

Further reading

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