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The Jesus And Mary Chain - Moe Tucker

If the genesis of rock & roll has proven anything, it is that music tends to cross boundaries, brings people together, and is able to both define and dissolve stereotypes. As the races are musically divided once again, in the 1990s rap suddenly comes in connection with rock music and progresses to nu metal or rap rock. World famous 90s’ and early 2000s’ bands like Linkin Park, KoRn, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Rise Against the Machine or the Beastie Boys are famous representatives of the genre and dominated pop culture for at least a decade. Even though most of these bands are white, there are also collaborations instigated by Black rap artists.

What can be established of the history of rock & roll? The genre and youth culture which emerged from late Forties’/early Fifties’ Black R&B was influenced and affected by a multitude of ethnic stimuli and eventually developed into a highly esteemed industry. With unprecedented drive it instilled in many the feeling of freedom, revolt and self expression. But money and politics coloured it white and caused it to turn its back to its subversive roots, passing on a false rock is white narrative to future generations. The analogy of rock’s genesis and its many waves of racial separation and approximation reflects the ideologies of its time. All the more important is keeping up the part of history which is excluded from the history books.


The Jesus And Mary Chain - Moe Tucker
  • Released in: 1998
  • Genre: Rock
  • Written by: Jim Reid

"Before forming The Jesus And Mary Chain, the brothers had spent five years on the dole, during which they wrote and recorded songs at home and worked out the sound and image of the band."

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