The music of the 1970s

ELSA GRASSYForewordJOHN MULLENWhat Has Popular Music Ever Done for Us? Pleasure, Identity and Role Play in UK Pop Music in the 1970sGUILLAUME CLEMENT“We Will Rock You”: an Assessment of Queen’s Significance in 1970s British Rock HistoryCHRISTOPHE LEBOLD“Hey Man, What’s Your Style?” Persona Creation, Closet Humanism and Artistic Legitimation in Lou Reed’s 1970s WorkTIMOTHY A. HERON“Alternative Ulster”: The First Wave of Punk in Northern Ireland (1976-1983)JEREMY TRANMERRock Against Racism, Punk and Post-Punk