The Filth and the Fury: An Essay on Punk Rock Heavy Metal Karaoke

From: Current Musicology | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Oakes, Jason Lee | Copyright information

Lauren is a photographer who lives in New York City. The daughter of a urologist, she grew up in Westchester County and graduated cum laude from NYU. Lauren's master's degree in photography has served her well at Punk Rock Heavy Metal Karaoke (PMK), a live band karaoke night in New York City she attends almost every week.1 The gaze of her camera is frequently trained on friends and strangers as they sing, scream, and pose onstage. With over one hundred of her photos posted online, this is sti...

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