As I posted yesterday, I'm thinking about historical periods, how they're defined, how one decade or century shades into the next, or how things, historically, can change instantly.
Spin magazine debunks the popular idea that Nirvana, and grunge generally, killed hair metal. It points out that toward the end of the eighties, several hair groups gave up their makeup and teased coifs, stripping down their music and their look to the basics. This was largely thanks to Axl Rose. (He himself had teased hair in the first Guns n'Roses video, then went natural in the next one.)
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Rock of Ages/Ages of Rock
Labels:
1980s,
1990s,
grunge,
hair metal,
heavy metal,
historiography,
history,
Nirvana,
periodization
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