Contents
Preface
Part I—What Is the Underground?
1. Introduction to the Underground and Its Fringes
2. The Music and Musicians
3. Global and Local Underground/Fringe Scenes
Part II—The Political and Cultural Underground
4. Politics and Underground/Fringe Music
5. Cultural Policy and Underground/Fringe Music
6. Artists and Music, Improv and Noise
7. The Digital Economy and Labels
8. Festivals and Venues
Part III—Listening to the Underground
9. Noise as Concept, History, and Scene
10. The Politics of Underground Music and Noise
11. The Sounds of Noise
12. Extreme Metal
Conclusion
List of Interviewees
Notes
Bibliography
Index