Alternative collisions on the rock club scene in Bulgaria - icebergs, captains and Leonardo DiCaprio Cover Image

Алтернативни сблъсъци на клубната сцена в България - айсберги, капитани и Леонардо ди Каприо
Alternative collisions on the rock club scene in Bulgaria - icebergs, captains and Leonardo DiCaprio

Author(s): Gergana Rayzhekova
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, Communication studies, Sociology, Sociology of Art
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: alternative music; club suggestion; suggested identity; cover value

Summary/Abstract: The research on Alternative Rock Music in Bulgaria, part of which is this article, applies as a research method inclusive observation and community participation, and is based on more than seventy anthropological in-depth interviews with musicians, fans, club owners and managers and critics, and numerous visited concerts in around Bulgaria and abroad. The article presents some of the main conclusions made during the research in the following directions, namely what is the alternative club music in Bulgaria and what are its communicative aspects; what perspectives and problems in the future development of alternative music in Bulgarian music clubs can be found in theoretical aspects and how the research can be used by different stakeholders (music clubs, producers, groups, etc.). The role of Leonardo DiCaprio is the rock band that sacrifices itself and its life in the name of the alternative scene - our Titanic in this rock story.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 37-62
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Bulgarian