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Heavy metal has developed from a British fringe movement in the late 1960's to a global mass market consumer good in the early twenty first century. This collection of essays provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary look at British heavy metal. It provides a critical analysis of the politcs and ideology behind the lyrics images and performances. The wide range of approaches should provide readers from various disciplines with new and original ideas about the study of this phenomenom of popular culture

Shanes, Eric. "The Pop Art Tradition: Responding to Mass Culture." Parkstone Press International (2006): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Shanes traces the roots of popular mass culture in the late 18th century when the industrial and political revolutions industrialized the Western World. Pop Art is said to have originated from Surrealism in Britain when Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake, and Richard Hamilton began exploring comic books, advertising, and folk culture. Artist, Claes Oldenberg, began works of art that connected to "store exhibitions," which filled galleries with common American objects. This emphasized and worshiped consumer goods.