Research: Rock Music and Violence

Along with the Brighton seaside riots, rock is generally widely associated with violent activities. The act that I have briefly mentioned before over the project 'Moshing' has lead to various injuries and fatalities over the years.

These are sections of text taken from the Wikipedia page  for 'moshing.' The term is directly associated with sub genres of rock music, illustrating how this type of violence is related to my chosen genre. The 'wall of death' that the text refers too is a very dangerous 'mosh move' where the crowd of an audience splits and literally run into each other.

From the same webpage, here are examples of injuries/deaths that have occurred due to participating in moshing.

Here are some examples of how the features in Rock magazines may have been chosen to communicate themes of violence/rebellion/destruction, as it is a common theme associated with the fans and artists in Rock.