Musical Scenes and Social Class Debating Punk and Metal

“In a fragmentation and large-scale social crisis context, this volume takes up the debate between punk and metal and class belonging, showing us the interrelations between practices and their determination by social belongings. A vital feature of the book is the demonstration of the self-renewal of punk and metal. The irreverence, resistance, and personification of subaltern and paradoxical identities portrayed here represent a step forward “ —Paula Guerra, KISMIF Co-Convenor, University of Porto, Portugal

Early analysts of both punk and metal have shown their continuing popularity for segments of the public who were often considered in the 1970s and 1980s as “losers of globalization” despite the level of fragmentation of these scenes, the diversity of their audiences’ backgrounds, and their constant evolution and re-invention. This volume aims to stimulate and contribute to debates on social class and economic and cultural change, on one side, and punk and metal, on the other, through international, contemporary and historical approaches, mainly focused on Britain and France.

1.Romain Garbaye and Gérôme Guibert, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.- Introduction : social class, punk and metalClass domination and class agency.- 2.Andy Brown, independent researcher : Resistance Through Music.-  Exploring the role of class fraction appropriations and alliances in the subcultural formation of heavy metal, classic, post and present.- _3 .Deirdre Gilfedder, Universite´ Paris-Dauphine : The early punk scene in Brisbane, Australia as  site of social and postcolonial.- 4. Jeremy Tranmer, Université de Lorraine:  “Victory to the Miners!” Punk and the Miners’ Strike of 1984/85.- Subcultures, sub-genres and social class.- 5.Timothy Heron, Université de Strasbourg :  ‘“Rotting in the suburbs” ? Voicing Working-Class Deprivation in 1970s Northern Ireland Punk Songs.- 6.Guillaume Clément, Université de Rennes : Working-class and middle-class in the age of Brexit: social commentary by contemporary post-punk bands.- 7. Eric Smialek, Huddersfield University : Mapping Social-Class Divisions within Metal: Global Material Conditions, Disciplinary Priorities, Subgeneric Trends, and Stylistic Analyses.- Evolving audiences : ageing, gentrification, feminization?.- 8. Pierig Humeau, Universite´ de Limoges : « We're dominated, So What" ? We Don't Give a F**k : Punk Stylistic Spaces, Social Classes and Political-artistic Ageing" inFrance.- 9.Rosemary Lucy Hill, Huddersfield University, Molly Megson, University of Hull, and David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds : Sexual Violence in the Pit.- 10. Corentin Charbonnier, Universite´ de Tours : Gentrifying metal ? The Evolving Gender and Social Class characteristics of  Metal Festival Audiences : A Statistical Study of the HellfestFestival (France).-  11.Charle`ne Be´nard, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: Who listens to « metal for girls » ? Metal, orchestra and female voices: measuring the reception of symphonic metal.

Romain Garbaye is Professor of British Studies at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. His research focuses on the history of immigration and citizenship in the United Kingdom, as well as on the history of British rock music.

Gérôme Guibert is Professor of Sociology at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. He is a popular music studies scholar and an ISMMS (International Society for Metal Music Studies) board Member.