Reader's index
Electric
A Tapestry of Heavy Music · 1968 to the Present
Every record, film and book the book names. In the order it names them. Each one carries the sentence that puts it in the argument, set exactly as printed.
Albums are credited from JR Moores's own Select Discography wherever he lists them.
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PREFACE/3 works
Preface
What heavy means, and why the arguments never settle
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INTRODUCTION/8 works
Introduction
‘Helter Skelter’, and heaviness invented by accident
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CHAPTER 01/2 works
The Prehistory
Blues, amplification and the noise before the noise
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CHAPTER 02/12 works
Sabbath Phase I: Black Sabbath
Aston, Iommi’s fingertips and the riff that started it
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CHAPTER 03/26 works
Acid Rock and Beyond
Acid, ragas and the psychedelic road to weight
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CHAPTER 04/9 works
Funk
Clinton, Hendrix and the low end as liberation
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CHAPTER 05/20 works
The 1970s Experimental European Underground
Krautrock, zeuhl and the continental underground
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CHAPTER 06/16 works
Punk Rock: The Non-Heavy Genre That Was Vital to Heaviness
The genre that mattered by refusing to be heavy
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CHAPTER 07/36 works
Industrial Rock
Machines, meat and the sound of the production line
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CHAPTER 08/29 works
Noise Rock
Pigfuck, no wave and the American racket
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CHAPTER 09/10 works
Sabbath Phase II: Melvins’ Gluey Porch Treatments
Sludge, tuning down and the Melvins template
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CHAPTER 10/6 works
The Global Impact of Napalm Death’s Scum
Grindcore, blast beats and a record that reset the scale
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CHAPTER 11/14 works
The Late 1980s and Early 1990s Pre-Grunge Underground
SST, Touch and Go and the years before the breakthrough
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CHAPTER 12/9 works
TAD: The Heaviest and Least Celebrated Grunge Band
The heaviest band Seattle never quite celebrated
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CHAPTER 13/24 works
Steve Albini: Heavy-Duty Engineer
The engineer who refused to be called a producer
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CHAPTER 14/51 works
Sabbath Phase III: Earth, Sleep, Electric Wizard
Earth, Sleep, Electric Wizard and the drone descent
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CHAPTER 15/24 works
The Nadir: The Late 1990s and Early 2000s
Nu-metal, Britpop and the long dip
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CHAPTER 16/19 works
The 2000s Noise Scene
No Fun Fest, Merzbow and the return of noise
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CHAPTER 17/20 works
Post-Rock and Post-Metal
Godspeed, Mogwai, Neurosis and the slow build
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CHAPTER 18/10 works
Sabbath Phase IV: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Newcastle, riffs and the current generation
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CHAPTER 19/2 works
Never Say Die
Where heaviness goes from here