Shock rock is a very wide umbrella term for artists who combine rock music with elements of theatrical shock value in live performances. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

'Shock rock' first appeared as a loose genre term during the early 1970s, referring to Glam Rock era musicians. The genre's 'weapons of outrage' vary from decade to decade, but generally involve issues of sex and/or violence which are designed to push the current limits of decency. Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a style of rock and roll music, which initially surfaced in the post-hippie early 1970s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). ...

Roots

Screamin' Jay Hawkins was arguably the first shock rocker. After the success of his 1956 hit "I Put a Spell on You", Hawkins began a stage show where he'd emerge from a coffin, sing to a skull and set off smoke bombs, among other gimmicks. An English version of the character was Screaming Lord Sutch, who performed a similar routine during the 1960s. Screamin Jay Hawkins Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin Jay Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an African-American singer famed for his wildly theatrical performances of songs like I Put a Spell on You and Constipation Blues. // Some sources believe that Hawkins is the long-lost brother... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... I Put a Spell on You is a song written by Screamin Jay Hawkins, whose recording was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fames 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. ... An open casket A coffin (in North American English, also known as a casket, although the design is different - coffins taper towards the feet while caskets remain the same width) is a funerary box used in the display and containment of deceased remains -- either for burial or cremation. ... For other uses of Skull, see Skull (disambiguation). ... David Edward Sutch (or Screaming Lord Sutch) (November 10, 1940 – June 16, 1999) was an English musician, politician and maverick. ...

The 1960s brought several proto-shock rock artists. In the UK, The Who often destroyed their instruments, The Move did the same to television sets, and Arthur Brown wore a flaming headpiece. In the US, Jimi Hendrix set his guitar alight at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, while Frank Zappa and his band the Mothers Of Invention used all manner of props and devices to inform and entertain. The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England. ... See Arthur Brown for others with the same name. ... Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ... Poster promoting the festival The Monterey International Pop Music Festival took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993) was an American rock/jazz fusion musician, composer, and satirist. ...

The Doors used no props, but a dangerously kinetic air of unease was often produced by the unpredictable behaviour of vocalist Jim Morrison. Audiences might be greeted with any number of Morrison scenarios, including drunken and abusive idiot, shamanistic mystic, good-time rock'n'roller, political stirrer and so on. This page is about the rock band. ... James Douglas Morrison (8 December 1943 – 3 July 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, writer, film director, and poet. ... The shaman is an intellectual and spiritual figure who is regarded as possessing power and influence on other peoples in the tribe and performs several functions, primarily that of a healer ( medicine man). The shaman provides medical care, and serves other community needs during crisis times, via supernatural means (means...

Also in the US, Detroit musician Iggy Pop's violent, psychotic live persona needed no props (though peanut butter and raw meat were used as body-rub and audience-bound missiles one point) to inspire awe and often real fear in live performance. Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ...

With a career spanning the mid-1960s to recent years, American band-turned-musician Alice Cooper refined and defined shock rock. In the early 1970s Cooper's unique brand of heavy metal complete with elaborate, satirical and inevitably controversial live performances were the sensation of the day and proved a powerful inspiration for many future genre artists such as KISS of the mid 1970s, King Diamond of the 80s and Marilyn Manson of the 1990s. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... King Diamond (born Kim Bendix Petersen, June 14, 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a heavy metal musician known for his shock rock image. ... Marilyn Manson is a rock band based in Los Angeles, California. ...

In the early 1970s New York musician Wayne County took the X-rated uber-trash aesthetic and humour of the John Waters movies and set them to appropriately sleazy hard rock. County had come up with an act which could only be sold during Punk Rock, and even then it had to be toned down. “NY” redirects here. ... Wayne County is the name of a number of counties in the United States of America, some named for the American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne: Wayne County, Georgia Wayne County, Illinois Wayne County, Indiana Wayne County, Iowa Wayne County, Kentucky Wayne County, Michigan (most common references) Wayne County, Missouri... John Waters (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, personality, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...

Punk Rock spawned a host of local shock rockers, all with their own foul mouthed lyrics, startling look and confrontational 'unprofessional' stage acts. The Sex Pistols fine-tuned the early New York scene's arrogance into UK 'anger', and began causing outrage with their 'shocking' manners and disregard for the approved protocol for live performance (incidentally, Sex Pistols vocalist Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) was 'auditioned' by singing along with an Alice Cooper recording, played on a Jukebox). Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... “NY” redirects here. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... John Lydon John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten (a nickname derived from the state of his teeth) was the iconoclastic lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) and an Irish individualist anarchist. ... John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten, is an English rock musician. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... A Zodiac jukebox A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media. ...

Lou Reed's frequent unpleasantness and mid-1970s habit of simulating an intravenous injection whilst perfoming might also be considered a Shock Rock act of synergistic theatricality, especially when conducted during his song Heroin. Lewis Reed[1] (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). ...

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the punk-metal Plasmatics had less time for musical composition than their live extravaganzas, which featured chainsaws bisecting guitars and explosions aplenty. Entire cars were blown up in the cause of entertainment. The Plasmatics were an American punk band, formed by Yale graduate and radical anti-artist Rod Swenson, around the late Wendy O. Williams. ...

Iggy Pop's, Alice Cooper's and Sid Vicious' self-mutilation and blatantly chemical-addled live appearances were one thing, and sure enough someone had to take it to the limit. From the late 1970s to his death in 1993, punk rock performer GG Allin was known less for his music than for his many shock rock antics, which included performing naked, defecating on stage, eating it, and throwing it at the audience, receiving oral sex from fans, self mutilation, fights with the audience, and supposedly having sex with his bass player brother, Merle Allin. James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... For the professional wrestler, see Sid Eudy. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Merle Allin Merle Allin is an American bassplayer and older brother to the late punk rock singer/songwriter/performance artist GG Allin. ...

In the 1980s in Richmond, Virginia, GWAR formed as a collaboration of artists and musicians. GWAR make their own costumes, and shows feature gallons upon gallons of fake body fluids from mock executions and battles. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

During the 1990s, Marilyn Manson employed the basics of Shock Rock into an artistic and commercial success. At times strongly referencing Glam Rock forbears David Bowie and especially Alice Cooper, Manson's career was built on an Industrial Metal sound and controversial image. This article is about the person. ... Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a style of rock and roll music, which initially surfaced in the post-hippie early 1970s. ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ...

Over the late 1990s and on into the 2000s, Shock Rock's power to outrage waned considerably. It may be that rock music's widespread adoption as a dominant mainstream form has taken much of the 'edge' out of it (certainly it has become difficult to differentiate between Christian and Secular punk rock and heavy metal). In turn, Shock Rock's public profile and effectiveness has similarly worn low. For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ...

Notable acts

50 Ways To Kill Me is Jay Haley who started in late 1999 early 2000 and made a couple songs about funny ways to kill himself. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Cover of The Bloods False Gestures for a Devious Public The Blood are a London-based punk rock band, formed in 1982. ... See Arthur Brown for others with the same name. ... Belisha are a 5 piece art punk UK music band, from various parts of Essex. ... The Butthole Surfers are an American rock band founded in 1981 by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas. ... El Duce was the nickname of Eldon Hoke, drummer and lead singer for The Mentors. ... Elvis impersonators are people who impersonate or copy Elvis Presley either as a hobby or as a professional career. ... The Genitorturers are an Industrial Metal band from The United States, with influences extending into the 1990s Hardcore Punk and Electronic Music. ... Ghoul is an extreme metal band from the fictional hamlet of Creepsylvania, with members claiming to be mutants and monsters, recording thrash metal onto wax cylinders provided by the towns Curio Shoppe owner, the mysterious Mr. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Jack Off Jill was an Alternative rock band from Ft. ... King Diamond (born Kim Bendix Petersen, June 14, 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a heavy metal musician known for his shock rock image. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... Lizzy Borden was an American heavy metal band formed in 1984. ... Lordi is a hard rock / heavy metal band from Finland, and winner of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. ... Marilyn Manson is a rock band based in Los Angeles, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the movie of the same name, see The Misfits (film). ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced Motley Crew) is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. ... Municipal waste are a loud band from Richmond, VA. They play crossover thrash in the vein of DRI and Sepultura. ... The Plasmatics were an American punk band, formed by Yale graduate and radical anti-artist Rod Swenson, around the late Wendy O. Williams. ... For other uses, see Ramstein. ... Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965 ) [1]), better known as Rob Zombie, is an American heavy metal, groove metal, and industrial metal musician, film director, and writer. ... Screamin Jay Hawkins Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin Jay Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an African-American singer famed for his wildly theatrical performances of songs like I Put a Spell on You and Constipation Blues. // Some sources believe that Hawkins is the long-lost brother... David Edward Sutch (or Screaming Lord Sutch) (November 10, 1940 – June 16, 1999) was an English musician, politician and maverick. ... The Tubes are a San Francisco-based theatre rock band, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for their live performances that combined lewd quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism and politics. ... Turmion Kätilöt (Literally ”Midwives of Destruction” or ”Midwives of Perdition”) is a Finnish industrial metal band founded in 2003 by MC Raaka Pee and DJ Vastapallo. ... Twisted Method was a four-piece nu metal group from Cape Coral, Florida. ... Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. ... Undercover Slut are an Industrial rock band from Paris, France formed in October of 1995. ... Vaginal Jesus is a White Power band, a side project from frontman Seth Putnam (most famous for Anal Cunt). ... W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 . ... White Zombie is the name of: White Zombie (film), a 1932 film about zombies starring Bela Lugosi. ...

See also

• Horror punk
• Instrument destruction
• Porn rock

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