TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?'
T2 - Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods.
AU - Langkjær, Michael Alexander
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Why do rock performers wear military uniforms? The motive is generally assumed to be 'transgressively subversive.' However, when looking more closely at particular performers and groups, this is found to be far from always the case in as much as motives include pride in being a veteran, nostalgia for a glorious past, attraction to uniform aesthetics, citing of previous iconic 'warriors of rock,' finding a unique visual 'hook,' reasserting national rock-cultural identity and/or waging uniformed 'warfare' between rock groups. Possible origins of 'rock-military style' are discussed along with its development in the social and cultural context of the post-war era, focusing on the Anglo-American scene.
AB - Why do rock performers wear military uniforms? The motive is generally assumed to be 'transgressively subversive.' However, when looking more closely at particular performers and groups, this is found to be far from always the case in as much as motives include pride in being a veteran, nostalgia for a glorious past, attraction to uniform aesthetics, citing of previous iconic 'warriors of rock,' finding a unique visual 'hook,' reasserting national rock-cultural identity and/or waging uniformed 'warfare' between rock groups. Possible origins of 'rock-military style' are discussed along with its development in the social and cultural context of the post-war era, focusing on the Anglo-American scene.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Textile history
KW - Rock Performers
KW - Military Uniforms
U2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174329510X12646114289824
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174329510X12646114289824
M3 - Journal article
VL - 41
SP - 182
EP - 213
JO - Textile History
JF - Textile History
SN - 0040-4969
ER -