Terminated for Reasons of Taste: Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music

Chuck Eddy

Published by Duke University Press 2016

Terminated for Reasons of Taste

Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music

Chuck Eddy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822373896

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About this book

In Terminated for Reasons of Taste, veteran rock critic Chuck Eddy brings lost, ignored, and maligned pop music to the fore, considering marginalized styles and artists right alongside pop music's heavyweights like Bruce Springsteen, the Beastie Boys, and Taylor Swift.

Author / Editor information

Chuck Eddy is an independent music journalist living in Austin, Texas. Formerly the music editor at the Village Voice and a senior editor at Billboard, he is author of Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism, also published by Duke University Press; The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll: A Misguided Tour Through Popular Music; and Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe.

Reviews

"Taking his cue from rock writer Lester Bangs and gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, Eddy consistently assumes the literary character of a victimized, knowledgeable, smart-ass rock writer who has just uncovered the latest hidden musical treasure."

-- David P. Szatmary Library Journal

"Eddy's smarts, freakish knowledge of the obscure, and some hilarious takedowns make the collection feel like hanging out with a cool uncle who gifts you music knowledge nuggets impossible to find elsewhere."

-- Libby Webster Austin Chronicle

"Terminated for Reasons of Taste reads like an eclectic Spotify mix on shuffle. . . . Eddy’s knowledgeable and clever writing makes even his most exploratory essays feel less like indulgent ‘Think Pieces’ and more like listening to a clerk at a store that sells records to a very diverse customer base: no judgment, no arrogance, just a pure love of music and some honest opinion."

-- Eric Rovie PopMatters

"Can we talk for a second about what a good year Duke University Press is having with rock critic anthologies? They’ve released Greg Tate’s long-awaited FlyBoy 2: The Greg Tate Reader and this tasty slab by Austin-based, Detroit-reared critic Chuck Eddy . . . . This collection draws from such diverse outlets as the Village Voice, Creem magazine, Rhapsody.com, music message boards, and Eddy’s high school newspaper and presents all sides of the seasoned scribe: combative and thoughtful, contrary and compelling."

-- Joe Gross Austin American-Statesman

"Prioritising enjoyment over critical dogma with a rigour that becomes almost ideological, Eddy scrapes off the barnacles of conventional wisdom to help the music he loves sail into uncharted realms of aesthetic scrutiny. . . . [A] selection which blends Eddy’s ‘proper’ Village Voice journalism with fanzine clippings and message board posts seamlessly enough (and with a sufficient absence of 'generational kvetching') to suggest music writing might have a future as well as a past."

-- Ben Thompson Mojo

"A challenging and rewarding book for those interested in music history and criticism, and a quirky introduction to so much of what has passed for popular music over the decades. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers."

-- R. D. Cohen Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Sold a Decade at a Time Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. B.C. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. ’80s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
3. ’90s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
4. ’00s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
5. ’10s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Conclusion I Am the World’s Forgettin’ Boy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 344
Illustrations
- Other: 32 illustrations

eBook

Published: August 25, 2016
ISBN: 9780822373896