Guitars give way to guns: a commentary on an interview with Jean-Marc Rouillan

Worley, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3049-8714 (2020) Guitars give way to guns: a commentary on an interview with Jean-Marc Rouillan. Transposition: Musique et Sciences Sociales, Hors-série 2. ISSN 2110-6134 doi: 10.4000/transposition.3780

Abstract/Summary

This short commentary reflects on Luis Velasco-Pufleau’s interview with Jean-Marc Rouillan. Picking up on the connections made between musical practice and political struggle, it locates Rouillan’s life and thoughts in relation to punk and the subversive charge more general to rock ‘n’ roll. By so doing, questions of freedom, action and commodification are considered, relating how cultural revolution may feed into political insurrection.