Summary Of Fargo Rock City By Chuck Klosterman

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Heavy metal music was developed and introduced in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The music largely dominated the United States and the United Kingdom. The music has its roots in psychedelic rock and blues-rock, where the bands created thick, massive sounds. Additionally, the music had highly amplified distortion, emphatic beats, extended guitar solos and overall loudness characterized the music. Klosterman wrote a memoir that captured the essence of music in a personal experience in Fargo Rock City. Chuck Klosterman understood the significance of pop culture and media in occidental society, the memoir by Chuck goes overboard in the attempt to cover the subject of metal in a wider scope. The memoir depicts the theme of personal identity …show more content…

During this period, some resurrection was through certain nu-metal artists such as kid Rock and Marilyn Manson. Heavy metal music played an integral role in shaping the lives of people in the 1980s through 1990s in that people learned about sexism in the society. There was harshness of death and black metal, where some two boys shot themselves on the face and blamed it on Judas Priest. Although Klosterman did not give a full account of the story in his memoir, it was clear that many people were going through at the time, as well as, the behaviors of many people were shaped by Hair …show more content…

Therefore, although Chuck’s memoir has many issues including his negative view on women there are some moral issues in the memoir. He discusses the issue of personal identity where he makes it clear that it is important for people to learn and find out who they are and what they want to become. For example, Chuck while living in North Dakota tries to think of something he can do for himself and finds that he has a love for music where he becomes a critic later in