"We Make Noise, not Music !" La seconde vague punk britannique : analyse de "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing" de Discharge

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Supervisors

Pirenne, Christophe

Faculty

Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres

Degree label

Master [120] en histoire de l'art et archéologie, orientation musicologie, à finalité spécialisée: art et musique

Abstract

enThis dissertation focuses on the British punk scene that emerged after 1978, the year of the 'death of punk', and in particular on what the music literature has referred to as the "second wave of UK punk". Although punk '77 was studied relatively early by scholars, the period that follows has long been omitted, as if there was nothing significant between 1978 and 1991, the date of the media explosion of grunge. While from the 2000s onwards, research has been undertaken on post-punk music, Oi! and anarcho-punk, there is very little work on the punk bands of the early 1980s that the literature has associated with the "second wave of UK punk", spearheaded by bands such as Discharge, The Exploited and GBH. The aim of this dissertation is to highlight on this musical style that emerged from the 'death' of punk in 1978 and took place in the UK from 1979 to 1984. The first part focuses on a historiographical analysis of what the literature has designated to as the 'British second wave punk' and thus identifies the historiographical issues. The second part focuses on the presentation of the band Discharge and its album "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing", which will be analysed in the third part. This analysis is essentially based on the method developed by Allan F. Moore and presented in his book "Song Means: Analyzing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song" published in 2012. The results of this research will thus make it possible to identify the musical characteristics of the second wave of UK punk in relation to punk '77.