Rock My Religion 40 years old

Rock My Religion is a provocative thesis on the relation between religion and rock music in contemporary culture. Graham formulates a history that begins with the Shakers, an early religious community who practiced self-denial and ecstatic trance dances. With the "reeling and rocking" of religious revivals as his point of departure, Graham analyzes the emergence of rock music as religion with the teenage consumer in the isolated suburban milieu of the 1950s, locating rock's sexual and ideological context in post-World War II America. The music and philosophies of Patti Smith, who made explicit the trope that rock is religion, are his focus. This complex collage of text, film footage and performance forms a compelling theoretical essay on the ideological codes and historical contexts that inform the cultural phenomenon of rock 'n' roll music.

Credits

Rock My Religion Cast

Name	Character
Jim Morrison He was 40, 27 years old when he died
Patti Smith She was 37, now 77 years old

Rock My Religion Crew

Name	Department
Sonic Youth as Music.	Sound
Kim Gordon as Idea. She was 30 (now 71) years old	Writing
Thurston Moore as Idea. He was 25 (now 66) years old	Writing