Negativland, 1980 - 1996
Comment from Mary Dery
Exhaustive file devoted to the seminal culture jammers and audio-collage band Negativland, which coined the term “cultural jamming” on its cassette release Jamcon ’84. From the band’s website: “Illegal radio antics abound as Crosley Bendix hosts a tumultuous convention for jammers and coins the now-popular term ‘cultural jamming.’” https://negativland.com/products/004-ote-1-jamcon-84 File includes promotional photo of the band, catalogue of the band’s record releases, press releases, record reviews and profiles of the band as well as media coverage of the rock group U2’s lawsuit against Negativland for its parodic cover of a U2 song (most notably, a Mondo 2000 cover story on the controversy whose centerpiece is a lengthy interview with members of Negativland), Keyboard magazine editorial by the band, Keyboard feature by the band, letter to the editor of Keyboard about Negativland and copyright, Negativland op-eds about Fair Use, related articles about rap band 2 Live Crew’s Fair Use defense of its use of audio samples in musical parodies, Village Voice item about U2’s “appropriation” of a work of art for its album cover (“Buffalo Stance”), program for Negativland’s Knitting Factory performance for New Music America series, Island Records promotional materials for U2, photocopies of legal documents from U2/Negativland trial, band-produced book of materials related to the lawsuit, correspondence from bandmember Don Joyce to Mark Dery.
Dates
- Creation: 1980 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
3 folders
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
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