This is the first book to examine the partially hidden history of metal music scenes within the city of Liverpool and the surrounding region of Merseyside in the North-West of England.
Nedim Hassan is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
Innehållsförteckning
1. Introduction: in the shadow of Beat city?.- 2. City of extreme metal? Characterizing Liverpool and Merseyside’s relationship with metal.- 3. Venues and urban change.- 4. ‘Support your scene’: metal scenes, solidarity and the threat of decline.- 5. Promoting metal on Merseyside.- 6. Mediating metal on Merseyside.- 7. Performing Metal on Merseyside.- 8. Conclusion: standing in diminishing shadows.