A World of Music: Death Rock and Horror Punk
January 24, 2008
From ancient oral traditions to the fairy tales written for children hundreds of years ago to various manifestations in literature, films and music, the experience is familiar: shock and fear generate thrills and goose bumps, leading to release and catharsis. Starting in the 1950’s, pop musicians began to discover the artistic and financial rewards of blood and gore, violence and death. It would seem that over time, these expressions have grown more extreme and their fans younger. For many, the scene isn’t just entertainment but a context for identification and lifestyle. Carl Holm, having attended the Drop Dead Festival of Deathrock in Prague, is our gravedigger this half hour. Let’s open the tomb and see what he’s unearthed, beginning with a miniature history of the past fifty-odd years of this particular world of music.
Eyaculacion Post Mortem: Navidades en el psyquiatrico, Pelacable de Corazon and Coleccionista de Engendros
The Other: Passion for the Kill and The Last Man on Earth
The Misfits: London Dungeon
Screamin Jay Hawkins: Spell
Alice Cooper: Ballad of Dwight Fry and Cold Ethyl
Marilyn Manson: Golden Age of Grotesque
The Cramps: Creature from the black Leather Lagoon
Blitzkid: Terror in the Haunted House