In this fascinating history of rock music behind the Iron Curtain, Ryback shows that rock music sparked one of the most significant social transformations ever seen in Eastern Europe. He traces the emergence of rock culture in the Soviet Union and its one-time satellites from 1954 to recent years, showing how it became the most pervasive form of mass cultural activity, despite Communist opposition. He also examines the musical trends themselves, showing how Eastern rock music closely followed changes in the West, but in its ...
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In this fascinating history of rock music behind the Iron Curtain, Ryback shows that rock music sparked one of the most significant social transformations ever seen in Eastern Europe. He traces the emergence of rock culture in the Soviet Union and its one-time satellites from 1954 to recent years, showing how it became the most pervasive form of mass cultural activity, despite Communist opposition. He also examines the musical trends themselves, showing how Eastern rock music closely followed changes in the West, but in its own distinct idiom, in its own rich varieties. Ryback shows that rock belongs next to perestroika as a cause of the sweeping changes in what was once the Soviet bloc.
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