This article analyses the violence that broke out at a 1965 Rolling Stones concert in West Berlin. In a close reading of records from the Berlin Police archives, it understands the events at the concert as the combined result of a lack of experience with new cultural forms of expression, old-fashion...
Violence and war shift the limits and thresholds of the usual soundscapes, permanently transforming the listeners’ acoustic landmarks and capacities. Furthermore, because violence “is always an attack upon a person’s dignity, sense of selfhood, and future”, ((Brad Evans and Natasha Lennard, Violence...
Crédits : Archiv der Jugendkulturen e.V. Berlin The early 1960s were relatively calm compared to the previous decade, during which clashes relating to rock 'n' roll and negative social stereotypes associated with the labels ‘Halbstarke’, ‘teddy boys’, and ‘juvenile delinquents’ constantly made the h...
