The Death of Punk and the Turn of a Decade: 1979
The Death of Punk and the Turn of a Decade: 1979My essay will highlight the major socio-political events of my chosen year, 1979, before relating how the rock genre, in particular, punk-rock changed and mirrored, to an extent these events in England. Some say 1979 marked the end of an era. Certainly, as the end of a decade, what came after this tumultuous year was a decade that seemed fairly reluctant, in the case of some musical genres, to let go of the past. In NME’s Rock ‘n’ Roll years they describe how the ‘80s ‘would spend much of the decade ahead celebrating it’s past rather than building for it’s future.’ (NME 1992:336) So, if it was into this uncertain time that the world of music was heading, something must have been lost from the highs that defined for so many the 1970’s. At the beginning of this year, England was experiencing many social problems after having weathered the ‘winter of discontent’ tha
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Approximate Word count = 622
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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