Orální historie ve výzkumu neoficiální hudební scény – punku a nové vlny – v 80. letech v ČSSR

Abstract

Paper presents the use of oral history methods to explore the unofficial music scene. The report present memories, confessions and social values of the young participants of punk and the new wave subculture in the Eighties in Czechoslovakia. Relates specifically to their unconventional aesthetic and musical expression. Emphasizes that this was a means self-development especially the young generation in the first half of the 80s years. It further describes elemental principles and basis of repressive measures applied by the state power against the unofficial music scene bands, evaluate the both movements in principal as apolitical and also prove the influence of the unofficial music scene on forming an opposition.