Fargo Rock City

"So there you have it: a hard rock band that wasn't ponderous and trippy (like Vanilla Fudge) or poppy and sloppy (like the Ramones). Instead of the Hammers of Thor, it was an assault from a thousand guerrilla warriors, all consumed with getting laid. Though the term wasn't yet applicable, those first two Van Halen albums created a future where metal would be "glamorous," both visually and musically. Marc Bolan knew how glam rock was supposed to look, but Eddie Van Halen invented how it was supposed to sound (22)."

This passage concludes another chapter in Fargo Rock City, and once again I find it very helpful. Klosterman states the differences between the first chapter (which was strictly about Montley Crue's style of heavy metal) and also helps outline his own growth as a heavy metal fenatic. I especially like the authors last sentense, "Marc Bolan knew how glam rock was supposed to look, but Eddie Van Halen invented how it was supposed to sound." Not once during this chapter did Klosterman say this yet the whole chapter was about this. It's very intersting how he saves his thesis until the end of the chapter. I noticed this structure change in the Meena Alexander essay Fault Lines we had to write about in class. In the oppening paragraph Klosterman tells the reader exactly what he's going to discuss during the chapter, which he does for the duration of the body of the chapter and then for the conclusion he explains the meaning and purpose of the things he has just talked about. I am finding this book very helpful becuase I feel like organization is my biggest flaw as a writer and already I am feeling better about essay structure.