'Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?': Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods.

Michael Alexander Langkjær

doi:10.1179/174329510x12646114289824

'Then how can you explain Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy Pants Club Band?': Utilization of Military Uniforms and Other Paraphernalia by Pop Groups and the Youth Counterculture in the 1960s and Subsequent Periods.

Michael Alexander Langkjær

SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History

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Abstract

Why do rock performers wear military uniforms? The motive is generally assumed to be 'transgressively subversive'. However, when looking more closely at particular performers and groups, this is found to be far from always the case in as much as motives include pride in being a veteran, nostalgia for a glorious past, attraction to uniform aesthetics, citing of previous iconic 'warriors of rock', finding a unique visual 'hook', reasserting national rock-cultural identity and/or waging uniformed 'warfare' between rock groups. Possible origins of 'rock-military style' are discussed along with its development in the social and cultural context of post-war era, focusing on the Anglo-American scene.

Original language	English
Journal	Textile History
Volume	41
Pages (from-to)	182-213
Number of pages	30
ISSN	0040-4969
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/174329510x12646114289824
Publication status	Published - May 2010

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Faculty of Humanities
Textile history
Rock Performers
Military Uniforms

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