Rocking the State
Rocking the State by Sabrina Petra Ramet, published by Routledge on October 2, 2019, is a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between rock music and political dynamics in Eastern Europe. Spanning 317 pages, this edition delves into the music of various groups such as Laibach, Borghesia, and Gorky Park, highlighting their influence and the challenges they faced under communist regimes. The book provides insights into how these artists navigated their artistic expressions in a landscape often hostile to Western musical forms.
Readers will discover the historical context surrounding the emergence of rock music in Eastern Europe and its complex relationship with political authorities. The narrative covers a range of artists, including Boris Grebenshikov and Aquarium, and examines their limited exposure in the West. By addressing the largely unexplored rock scene of this region, Rocking the State aims to illuminate the cultural significance of these musicians and their contributions to the broader music landscape, making it a valuable resource for those interested in music, political science, and cultural studies.
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Most readers of this book will have had at most a fleeting acquaintancewith the music of some of the groups described in this book. Groupssuch as Laibach (from Slovenia), Borghesia (Slovenia), Pankow (theGDR), and Gorky Park (USSR) have concentrated on the Western marketand have acquired followings in the United States and Western Europe.Other artists and groups, such as Boris Grebenshikov and Aquarium(USSR), Sergei Kuryokhin (USSR), Goran Bregovic and White Button(Yugoslavia), and Plastic People of the Universe (Czechoslovakia), havealso seen some Western exposure. But for the most part, the rock musicof that part of the world is terra incognita to Westerners. So too is thestory of their uneasy coexistence with communist authorities from thetime that rock first ~ppeared until the collapse of communism in 1989.This book aims to fill that vacuum.
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