RavePopMattersThis is the great pleasure of Rock*. Klosterman isn’t asking whether a song is inherently rebellious or conservative ... Chuck Klosterman’s treatment of punk is especially revealing ... The best thing about Rock* is that its seriousness never quite overwhelms Chuck Klosterman’s humor. It is an elaborate joke about the history of music that gradually becomes a joke about our confidence in history itself.
RavePopMattersPredicated on the importance of rock ‘n’ roll as a cultural institution of the 20th-century ... Entertainingly combative ... ts greatest pleasure is the sense of a period when critics could hype, provoke and argue about music with the confidence that their arguments might actually shape the culture.
