Background
Walley, David Gordon was born on March 18, 1945 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Miron Monroe and Silvia (Silott) Walley.
(Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the Post...)
Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the Post-Elvis Era combines music and cultural history and criticism to examine how rock and the rock lifestyle have been merchandised first to a teenage audience and eventually to a worldwide consumer society. Well-known, iconoclastic writer/ critic David Walley examines the entire rock culture and how it has infused all aspects of American (and world) life, from entertainment to politics to academic education. In a series of what he describes as "word-jazz rock and roll improvisations and variations," Walley examines how adult culture has been "adolescent-ized" and what the ramifications are on our society. Walley is not an uninvolved observer-his personal story and opinions are right up front, where they belong. Famous for being the first writer to recognize the commercial genius of Frank Zappa (in the landmark book, No Commercial Potential, first published in 1972 and still in print today), Walley is ideally suited to examine how commercialism has invaded rock music, and in turn how this commercialism has invaded rock music, and in turn how this commercial stepchild of rock has become a culture unto itself. He tackles everything from the elevation of youth culture to the mainstream; the fast-food economy; the commercial hijack of the counterculture movement; the "cool" aesthetic; the marketing of politicians; psychotropic drugs from LSD to Prozac; and much, much more. Along the way, he touches on a diverse range of figures. From Ma Rainey to Elvis, from Béla Bartók to Batman; from Timothy Leary to Rush Limbaugh; from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. to Understanding Media.
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Walley, David Gordon was born on March 18, 1945 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Miron Monroe and Silvia (Silott) Walley.
Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1967.
(Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the Post...)
(Book by David Walley)
Member Authors Guild, Dramatists Guild, New York Fortean Society.
Married Geli Pearson, August 13, 1983. Children: Melissa Kaitlyn, Lindsay Katherine, Knights of Columbus, Sean Thomas.