This Ain't the Summer of Love

Steve Waksman is Associate Professor of Music and American Studies at Smith College. He is the author of Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Metal/Punk Continuum 1 Staging the Seventies: Arena Rock, Punk Rock 2 Death Trip: Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Rock Theatricality 3 The Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Ideal: The Dictators and the Runaways 4 Metal, Punk, and Motorhead: The Genesis of Crossover 5 Time Warp: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal 6 Metal/Punk Reformation: Three Independent Labels 7 Louder, Faster, Slow It Down! Metal, Punk, and Musical Aesthetics Conclusion: Metal, Punk, and Mass Culture Notes Bibliography Discography Index

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