WEEK 1 – 1980s
HIPHOP

WEEK 2 -1980s – HIPHOP II

WEEK 3 -1980s – METAL

HEAVY METAL EVOLVED OUT OF 1970s HARD ROCK [BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, AC/DC]. FIRST INCARNATION WAS N.W.O.B.H.M. – NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL [IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST] WITH A HARDER, LESS BLUESY SOUND. ALL UK UP TILL THEN.
THAT CHANGES WHEN AMERICAN KIDS TRIED TO OUTDO THE BRITISH. AND THEY CAME UP WITH TRASH METAL [METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX] WITH AN EVEN MORE DISTORTED SOUND AND POLITICALLY ORIENTED LYRICS. DEATH METAL WAS A EVOLUTION INTO DARKER TERRITORY. SONGS LIKE HORROS MOVIES, FULL OF BLOOD AND GORE AND DEATH. MORE TECHNICAL IN PLAYING AND OF COURSE THE GRUNTING SINGING STYLE. WHERE TRASH BECAME MORE MAINSTREAM IN THE 1990s THANKS TO ‘THE BLACK ALBUM’ OF METALLICA, DEATH METAL IS TOO EXTREME AND STAYS UNDERGROUND.
LOTS OF DIFFERENT SUBGENRES: POWER METAL, HAIR METAL, BLACK METAL, FUNK METAL, GRINDCORE, NU METAL, DOOM METAL, CHRISTIAN METAL, METALCORE, MATHMETAL ETC. ETC. ALSO LOTS OF HYBRID FORMS AND GENRES.
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WEEK 4 – SUPERSTARS OF THE 1980s

THE SUPERSTAR WAS AN INVENTION OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AS THEY WERE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THEIR EARNINGS AND BATTLING HOME-TAPING [ANALOGUE FILESHARING]. IT WAS ALSO THE TIME WHEN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING BECAME MORE PROFESSIONAL. ONLY 10% OF MAJOR LABEL ARTISTS MADE A PROFIT, SO THE MOST OF THE MARKETING BUDGET WENT TO THOSE ACTS.

1981 : START MTV
1982 : INTRODUCTION COMPACT DISC
1983 : THRILLER & INVENTION YAMAHA DX7 SYNTH
1984 : PURPLE RAIN & BORN IN THE USA
1985 : LIVE AID
1986 : TRUE BLUE
1987 : MTV EUROPE & JOSHUA TREE
1988 : 2ND SUMMER OF LOVE [HOUSE MUSIC IN MAINSTREAM] INVENTION AKAI S1000 SAMPLER
1989 : APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

WEEK 5 – NEW WAVE, SYNTHPOP & SKA REVIVAL

WEEK 6 – 1990s – GRUNGE