Essay On The Disco Era Of The 1970s

Register to read the introduction… The disco era, which spanned from the late 1970s through the early 1980s, was defined by heavy drug use, in particular cocaine. The “hair bands” of the 1980s, such as Van Halen and Guns N’ Roses, became notorious for their execissive aclochol and drug abuse. Many of the 1990s’ most promising musicians’ lives were cut short by drug induced deaths. Although the most famous musician death of the decade was the suicide of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobaine, it has been widely reported that he was using heroin heavily due to his depression and inability to cope with fame. Other famous 1990s musicians, such as Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon or Brad Nowell of Sublime, died of cocaine and heroin overdoses, respectively.
Keith Richards, the lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones, has become one of the world’s most famous drug icons for his self-admitted heavy use of numerous substances. A …show more content…
Parents fear for their impressionable children who can’t seem to get enough of these inappropriate lyrics. Mandates have been set in place to help parents to regulate the kinds of music that their children listen to. Parental Advisory stickers are now required on the cover of albums containing offensive lyrics of any kind, be it violence, sexual content, or language. This concept of parental control has also been spread to media such as the television, where parents can control the shows that their children can watch. The relationship between music and personality development has been made, and has been used to regulate some of the exposure of children to these influences, however there is still debate whether it could stand up in court to take the blame for the actions of an angry