As we have seen throughout the semester, there are many genres of music that all produce a different image or theme. Is it safe to say that rock music produces an overall theme of rebellion? I believe that this can be seen in guitarists such as Angus Young, through his roar in guitar playing and his attitude to not behave on stage. Does this come along with the instrument that one is playing also?
We have seen that the electric guitar is a fundamental form to the substance of what is rock music. The Guitar magazine issue December 2008 states that the electric guitar is like a tool for players to use in feeling what they are playing. Therefore do guitar players use the attitude of misbehaving just so that they can feel the hard hitting rock tunes that they are playing?
Look at Jimi Hendrix he is a shining example of some of the things guitar players can do. Hendrix played the guitar with his teeth, is this an example of the perfect rock musician? Is it the norm to act in an unusual way when playing an instrument. A famous trumpet player named Charlie Parker once stated that "if you don't live it, it don't come out your horn," therefore if you as a rock musician don't live your music, you won't produce the right sounds?
I believe this answer is up to it's audience... Some have questioned the acts of Silverchair when they used to destroy their instruments. Daniel Johns once quoted that they do it because "they aren't theirs;" is this a form of rebellion coming through in the acts of Silverchair?
For us audience it can be enjoyable to view these rebellion acts on stage, but I believe that the answer lies within Charlie Parker's quote mentioned above, if one does not live their rock music how can they produce the sounds. This can produce the aesthetically true rock song.
I would love to ask this question to those musicians who mimmick and mime their songs. I wonder if others feel the exact same.
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