Underground Music Cultures and Music-Making in Los Angeles

Sébastien Darchen is Senior Lecturer in Planning at the Universitty of Queensland, Australia.John Willsteed is Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.Damien Charrieras is Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong.

• Introduction: 'Imaginary Cities', a Methodological Approach to Study Music Cultures and Associated Music-Making Practices in a City Context; Sébastien Darchen, Damien Charrieras and John Willsteed.- L.A and the Psychedelic Scene of the 1960s; Marek Jezinski.- How L.A Defined the Punk Scene - An interview with Patricia Morrison; John Willsteed.- The Gun Club: Cosmopolitanism, Decadence and the 'Outsider' Persona in the Contemporary City; Sébastien Darchen.- Interview with Hudley Flipside: Music, Magazines in Los Angeles, 1979-1989; John Willsteed.- California Deathrock Music Culture: Origins and Evolution - Interview with Jenn Bats; Sébastien Darchen.- The Paisley Underground: The Mythic Scene and Los Angeles Legacy of the Neopsychedelic 80s; Leonard Nevarez.- Lost Angeles: Slayer's Imaginary Hell City; Mark Kammerbauer.- 'Comin' out the slums! It's da hoodlums': South Gate’s Cypress Hill and the Struggle to Survive Los Angeles’s Transformation into a Global City; Victor Hugo Viesca.- Heroin Narratives and Outlaw Images of Punk Rock and Alternative Rock Musicians in Los Angeles; Melanie Ptatscheck.- Bad Attitude: Music Culture in L.A - Interview with Chris Morris; John Willsteed.- Rock Music, Los Angeles, and Old(er) Age: Following Lines of Flight; Michael W. Pesses.- The Suburban Rap of Tyler, The Creator: Dreams and Nightmares in L.A as an 'Imaginary City'; Gustavo Souza Marques.- Los Angeles and Music Video: Reinscribing the City’s Unique Urbanism; Sean Maher.- Spatial Audio and the Imaginary Soundscapes of Grand Theft Auto 5; Mike D’Errico.- L.A Music Cultures and the 'Counter-City' Then and Now: An Interview with Roger Keil and Robin Bloch; Sébastien Darchen.