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Article Excerpt
Rock over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture. Edited by Roger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, and Ben Saunders. Durham, N. C.: Duke University Press, 2002. (392 p. ISBN 08223-2900-x. $64.94 (hbk.); ISBN 0-8223-2915-8.$22.95 (pbk.).] Music examples, illustrations, index.
"Rock isn't what it used to be" (p. 1). This simple observation provides the driving force behind Rock over the Edge, a collection of essays that addresses the changing nature of rock music and rock criticism in recent years. With once venerable rock publications such as Rolling Stone caught in an economic tailspin as they measure themselves for style makeovers, and with rock videos now a scarce commodity on MTV, rock has become less of a dominant cultural force than it was previously. As the editors point out, where critics once invoked the label of "rock" as a marker of authenticity, an "automatic honorific" (p. 2), these days they are more likely to castigate rock as a regressive entity. Rather than valorizing rock music, many of today's writers wince at rock's often embarrassing history of sexist, homophobic, and racist tendencies. This has been reflected in the academy, where scholarly interest has gravitated away from rock's central domain towards other styles...
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