WHIPLASH DISCOS E A PRODUÇÃO DA CENA HEADBANGER EM NATAL
DOS ANOS 80/90
Keywords: Scene; heavy metal; fanzine; Third Place.
Abstract
The world music scene from the 50s and 60s had as one of the actors the young man
who was changing his style, body according to the fashion influenced by the artists in
the movies, magazines, and television programs. This work refers to the scenario in
which Natal in Rio Grande do Norte was influenced through rock, heavy metal and
punk, constructing scenes that somehow got together for the production of music. The
Natal youth somehow had the opportunity to experience heavy music in the 80's and
90's and create spaces for sociability. From a political and economic scenario
unfavorable to growth, the heavy metal scene had as a meeting point the Whiplash
record store where young people crowded together to create bonds and especially to
listen to records that were played from inside the store. From this union, bands formed
and with that they could play in festivals and events in the city with other groups of rock
and punk. The information that initially circulated within the scenes came through
fanzines. The fanzine was the means by which a network of friendships was created
spreading through Brazil where the exchange of information and also of phonographic
material helped to minimize the problem of the financial crisis and the fact that many of
these young people did not have work to buy their goods Consumption. These fanzines
also worked to create an independent press where the local bands and events were
presented.