The History of Alt-Rock: Chapter 6
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a group of young French film makers decided to mess things up...they insisted on more artistic control and less meddling by the studios......this free-form attitude, they said, was necessary to advance the art of film.....\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nIt worked...lots of praise and success.....and in the process, their movement acquired a name: \u201cnouvelle vague\u201d.....film historians now say that this style and attitude was one of the most important developments in the history of motion pictures.....\nPunk rock was dying...it had burned itself out after just a couple of years...but its legacy was still valid: that a free-form attitude towards music was the only way to advance the art of rock\u2019n\u2019roll..... It was\xa0\u201cnouvelle vague\u201d all over again.....only this time, they used the English translation....they called it \u201cnew wave\u201d...This is chapter six of the complete history of alt-rock...\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices