Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture

Microphone Fiends, a collection of original essays and interviews, brings together some of the best known scholars, critics, journalists and performers to focus on the contemporary scene. It includes theoretical discussions of musical history along with social commentaries about genres like disco, metal and rap music, and case histories of specific movements like the Riot Grrls, funk clubbing in Rio de Janeiro, and the British rave scene.

Author: Tricia Rose
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/14/1994
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.02h x 7.00w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9780415909082

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/16/1994 pg. 61

About the Author

Tricia Rose is Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies at New York University. Andrew Ross is Director of the American Studies Program and Professor of Comparative Literature at New York University.