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They aren’t learning about the American Revolution
or the intricacies of legislative government through
memorable melodies. They don’t concern themselves
with the functions of conjunctions, and they certainly
don’t address deforestation, the benefits of a well-bal
anced meal or the natural affection between a man and a
woman through song and verse. Instead, Harris M.
Berger’s History of Modern Rock students are learning
lo do something different — they are learning what it
takes to rock.
. From learning to play the guitar at age 10 to publish
ing a book on his experiences in the underground heavy
metal scene of Cleveland, Ohio, Berger has been pro
foundly influenced by rock music, and he is now bring
ing that influence into the classroom.
“Studying rock music has always been something
I’ve wanted to do, “ Berger said. “Now I’m teaching it.
It’s kind of neat.”
Students enrolled in Berger’s class admit they
weren’t exactly sure what to expect of a course focused
pnrock ‘n’ roll when they enrolled.
“I always thought rock musicians just kind of got
tired of boppin’ and poppin. But he shows us how it’s
all kind of linked together,” said Joseph Williams, a
senior bioenvironmental science major.
The course traces the evolution of modern rock
throughout the 20th century. Rooted in mainstream pop,
country and rhythm and blues of the 1940s, the first real
emergence of rock ‘n’ roll didn’t occur until the middle
of the 1950s.
The response of the music industry to the sound in
the late fifties gave way to the Beatles leading the
British invasion of the 1960s.
Psychadelic and folk rock of the 1970s further frag
mented listeners. By the time punk and glam rock broke
outinthe ‘80s, multiple fragmentations of rock music
existed. Today, the diversity of the rock ‘n’ roll sound is
still evident.
Berger cites specific examples of the influence one
group has over another in the songs he plays for the
elm, which is a regular part of every lecture, and
encourages students to study them at home.
“Homework is listening to music. I can handle that,”
said Allison Scoggins, a senior history and English
major.
Berger further emphasizes his musical points with
singing, strategically-timed hand gestures and even his
own guitar. His eagerness in the expression of his love
of rock ‘n’ roll has stimulated classroom participation
and interest.
“I actually pay attention in this class,” said Amber
Clark, a senior education major.
While the History of Modern Rock curriculum does
provide a crash course in the basic progression of mod
ern music, Berger also focuses on a few key concepts he
believes are important to appreciating music in general.
“At any given moment, a lot of music and a lot of
ideas are going on,” Berger said.
Region, class, race and gender all contribute to how
infinitely diverse music is. There is no single point in
time that can be isolated and generalized, he said.
“Not everyone in 1969 was a hippie,” Berger said.
Through intense study, Berger encourages students
to listen to music in new and creative ways.
“I really want students to appreciate what makes
music work,” said Berger. “I’d like them to hear differ
ent types of music and open themselves to a wider range
of styles.”
Local singer and songwriter Rich O'Toole, a junior
communications major, explained how he was impacted by
a recent class.
“A couple of my buddies and I sometimes sit around
and play,” O’Toole said.
But after listening to some tunes in lecture one day, he
immediately went home and started laying down some
blues rifts.
Though it is still too early in the semester for Berger’s
students to begin cramming for tests, a few already believe
they possess some newfound musical knowledge.
“Sometimes I'll be sitting in my room and hear some
thing and be like, hey, is that 12 bar blues?” Scoggins
said.
If the heart of rock ‘n’ roll is in Cleveland, the brain is
right here on the Texas A&M campus. Interested students
hoping to take advantage of this local knowledge resource
should check out up-and-coming semester course cata
logues for Music 200: The History of Modern Rock.
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Harris M. Berger uses his experiences with Cleveland's underground heavy metal scene in his class.