Andy Bennett

Biographic Data

ID119044
NAMEAndy Bennett
GIVEN NAMESAndy
FAMILY NAMEBennett
SIGNATUREBENNETT A
AFFILIATIONSGriffith University
ORCID0000-0003-4194-9741
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS94
TOTAL CITATIONS609
AUTHOR COUNT84
EDITOR COUNT10
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX15

  • Migrant Youth and Hip-Hop Music Practices: Juggling Cultural Belonging, Creating Multicultural Spaces in Australia's Regional Cities

    Open AccessAlexandra Block, Andy BennettARTICLEJournal of Sociology2026

    This article focuses on migrant youth in regional areas of Australia who write and perform hip-hop. Hip-hop music serves as a means of ‘juggling’ the contradictions in the sense of belonging experienced by these young people, who identify as both ‘Australians’ and ‘migrants’, while also addressing regional inequalities that affect a young generation. The article examines the regional cultural context in which migrant youth create and engage in cu…

  • The legacy of Resistance Through Rituals

    Open AccessAndy BennettARTICLECrime Media Culture An…2026References: 10

    Since its initial publication in 1976, Resistance Through Rituals has become one of the most influential – and criticised – texts in the academic study of youth culture. Criticisms fall into two broad camps: the perceived shortcomings of the study itself, notably its lack of attention to issues of gender and ethnicity, its Anglo-centric focus and the absence of empirical data to support its central claims vis a vis the significance of subculture …

  • Australia’s hidden musicians: Education and training in rural and regional areas

    Paul Watts, Ben Green et al.ARTICLEMusic Education Research2024

    This article examines the fortunes of music education programs in rural and regional Australia. It argues that the two key national reports on music education across the nation undertaken in 2005 and 2019 have tended to focus on metropolitan and urban settings and formalised school education at the pre-tertiary level at the expense of music education programs in rural and regional areas. In this article, we argue that a more complete picture of m…

  • Ageing in DIY and alternative cultures: Exploring forms of masculinity and adult play in Jackass forever

    Open AccessIndigo Willing, Andy Bennett et al.ARTICLEDIY Alternative Cultures & Society2024

    This article explores ageing in alternative cultures and co-existing forms of hyper and alternative masculinity in the US film Jackass Forever released in 2022. The film is a continuation of the original Jackass show launched in 2000. Although a highly profitable franchise, we argue Jackass is part of an alternative culture through its playfulness and pranks that are also dangerous and revel in self-humiliation. Most of the stunts and skits also …

  • Do-it-yourself lifestyle movements in grassroots activist communities: A case study of Brisbane, Australia

    Open AccessElise Imray Papineau, Andy BennettARTICLEJournal of Sociology2024References: 6

    In this article, we draw on the concepts of lifestyle movements and Do-It-Yourself culture to explore activist identity and practice among grassroots activist groups in Brisbane, Australia. Although Do-It-Yourself ethos is often conceptualised in terms of countercultural ideology linking music, politics and aesthetics, we examine it here as a core characteristic of creative resistance and grassroots organising. We present the case study of an act…

  • It’s like a hug: Examining the role of music-making for the well-being of youth during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAndy Bennett, Ernesta Sofija et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth Studies2024Cited by: 2References: 2

    This article presents findings from a cross-disciplinary, international project that seeks to understand the importance of music-making for young people (aged 18–35 years) as a source of well-being during the COVID-19 crisis. A key objective of the project is to evaluate whether music-making has contributed in palpable ways to young people’s individual well-being and their sense of connection with others. For the purposes of the project, well-bei…

  • DIY Cultures and the Global South

    Open AccessAndy Bennett, Devpriya ChakravartyARTICLEDIY Alternative Cultures & Society2023

  • DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society

    Open AccessAndy Bennett, Paula GuerraARTICLEDIY Alternative Cultures & Society2023

  • How does materiality ‘bite back’? Investigating cassette tapes in local, translocal and virtual music scenes

    Open AccessBenjamin Duester, Andy BennettARTICLEJournal of Consumer Culture2023References: 9

    Despite its status as an analogue sound carrier, the cassette has shown remarkable resilience in the digital era. Drawing on qualitative data gathered in three significant markets for cassettes, Japan, Australia and the USA, during 2018 and 2019, this article explores how the cassette tape’s material significance in the 21st century manifests itself in a complex network of interrelated local, translocal and virtual practices of music creation, di…

  • Is there an Indian way of raving? Reading the cultural negotiations of Indian youth in the trans-local EDM scene

    Open AccessDevpriya Chakravarty, Andy BennettARTICLEJournal of Youth Studies2023References: 11

    In India, the past two decades have been crucial for the growing popularity of Electronic Dance Music (EDM). This is largely due to the burgeoning presence and significance of EDM festivals as a performative site of a contemporary Indian youth culture. A salient feature capturing the zeitgeist of twenty-first century, urban, modern Indian youth is EDM’s gradual permeation into the cultural fabric of India through crucial collaborations with cultu…

  • Searching for “Australia’s Woodstock”: The Forgotten Australian Rock Festivals of 1970 – 1975

    Open AccessCatherine Strong, Andy Bennett et al.ARTICLEPopular Music & Society2023Cited by: 1References: 4

    Between 1970 and 1975, at least 18 rock festivals took place in Australia, often near regional towns. These have gone largely undocumented. By focusing on these “forgotten” festivals, this article contributes to our understanding of the festival’s role in Australian music culture, mapping the Australian context over the international rock music trends of the time. These festivals highlight the contribution of regional and rural settings to the de…

  • A New Paradigm of Engagement for the Socially Distanced Artist

    Richard Frenneaux, Andy BennettARTICLERock Music Studies2021

    COVID-19 has presented many challenges to the music industry and to artists who rely on live music not only as a source of revenue but also as an integral part of their release strategy and audience engagement. It is important to examine the modalities of artistic expression when faced with a new “socially distant” paradigm. This article describes how, while many of the platforms used by independent artists have been in place for years, the COVID…

  • Punk Portugal, 1977–2012: A preliminary genealogy

    Paula Guerra, Paula Guerra-Zamora et al.ARTICLEPopular Music History2021

    In this article, we discuss the emergence and development of punk in Portugal since the final years of the 1970s, its relationship to the social structure of Portugal over the last four decades and to the cultural and symbolic manifestations of Portuguese urban popular cultures. It is a preliminary genealogy that situates the Portuguese punk scene in a broader, global context, without overlooking the specificities that originated through its appr…

  • It’s Turned Me from a Professional to a “Bedroom DJ” Once Again’: Covid-19 and New Forms of Inequality for Young Music-Makers

    Open AccessF Howard, Andy Bennett et al.ARTICLEYoung2021Cited by: 9References: 6

    Given the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasingly uncertain socio-economic conditions, cultural practice remains a stable canvas upon which young people draw the most agency and exercise a sense of freedom. This article reports on an international research collaboration, drawing on the voices of 77 young musicians from three countries—Australia, England and Portugal—who were interviewed about their music-making pract…

  • Mimicking the mimics: Problematizing cover performance of Filipino local music on social media

    Open AccessCarljohnson Anacin, David Baker et al.ARTICLEMedia Culture & Society2021Cited by: 1References: 29

    The performance of cover songs in popular music has long been a subject of critical discussion and debate due to the artistic, social, cultural, and commercial issues that covers raise. In non-Western societies, most popular songs covered by artists are Anglo-American, a situation which implicitly privileges Western music and reinforces both the “west and the rest” trope and the cultural imperialism thesis. Taking American amateur artists and the…

  • Ageing and Youth Culture: Music, Style and Identity

    Andy Bennett, Paul HodkinsonBOOKAgeing and Youth Cultures2020

  • ‘On the programme tonight’: The Old Grey Whistle Test as tastemaker for British AOR audiences in the early 1970s

    Andy BennettARTICLEPopular Music History2020

    British popular music television series The Old Grey Whistle Test (OGWT) was a regular feature on BBC2 between 1971 and 1987. The show enjoyed its greatest popularity during the early 1970s when, as a programme synonymous with the term album-orientated rock (AOR), it was responsible for introducing British popular music audiences to a different range of music than was generally featured on national television and radio at the time. Despite its ic…

  • Urban vibes in a rural setting: A study of the bush doof scene in Byron Shire

    A Canosa, Andy BennettARTICLEJournal of Youth Studies2020Cited by: 2References: 7

    The purpose of this article is to consider the politico-cultural significance of the Australian ‘bush-doof’ for contemporary youth. The bush-doof is a localised form of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) party held in a bushland setting. It is argued that the bush doof provides a space for young people to reject forms of commoditised and over-regulated night-time leisure associated with (semi)urban environments. Associated with this is an expression of…

  • Music Consumption and Technological Eclecticism: Investigating Generation Y’s Adoption and Uses of Music Technologies

    Open AccessR Nowak, Andy BennettARTICLEYoung2020Cited by: 2References: 10

    This article is interested in a techno-cultural moment usually summarized by the phrase ‘digital age’. We explore how people who belong to Generation Y and were young at the time of the development of digital music technologies have adopted and used those new technological possibilities while maintaining a relationship with other media and technologies, such as the compact disc (CD), the vinyl disc and, eventually, the cassette tape. We situate o…

  • Researching Regional and Rural Music Scenes: Toward a Critical Understanding of an Under-theorized Issue

    Andy Bennett, Ben Green et al.ARTICLEPopular Music & Society2020Cited by: 1References: 4

    Research on regional and rural popular music scenes focuses on a number of issues and challenges confronting such scenes. These include venues, work and employment, regional sensitivity to boom-and-bust scenarios in local heavy industries, tourism and leisure, and out-migration. To date, however, there has been very little critical examination of what precisely is meant by the terms “regional” or “rural” in relation to music scenes. This article …

  • The felt value of reading zines

    Open AccessA Watson, Andy BennettARTICLEAmerican Journal of Cultural…2020Cited by: 15References: 13

  • Gateways and corridors: Cultural and spatial challenges and opportunities for live music on Australia's Gold Coast

    Open AccessBen Green, Andy BennettARTICLECity Culture and Society2019

  • Young people and alcohol abstention: Youth cultural practices and being a non-drinker in Finland and Australia

    Adele Pavlidis, Anni Ojajarvi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth Studies2019Cited by: 2References: 6

    Internationally, there has been a significant increase in the numbers of young people choosing not to drink alcohol. This is counter to the weight of opinion that positions young people as irresponsible and as engaging in ‘risky’ behaviour. In this context, our article seeks to understand why young people choose not to drink alcohol. Drawing on original data from interviews conducted with young people between the ages of 18 and 29 in Finland and …

  • Woodstock 2019: The Spirit of Woodstock in the Post-risk Era

    Andy BennettARTICLEPopular Music & Society2019Cited by: 1References: 2

    What continues to connect the Woodstock generation and the post-risk generations are the threats – political, economic, environmental, epidemic – of an increasingly precarious world. In the wake of plans for a 50th anniversary Woodstock event being abandoned due to the failure of the organizers to secure a site, this article considers the impact of Woodstock’s legacy on contemporary music festivals and whether a 50th anniversary Woodstock event m…

  • Skateboarding and the 'Tired Generation: Ageing in Youth Cultures and Lifestyle Sports

    Open AccessIndigo Willing, Andy Bennett et al.ARTICLESociology2019Cited by: 10References: 34

    This article extends current discussions of ageing through a study of the continuing involvement in skateboarding of individuals who are no longer young adults. We qualitatively examine The Tired Video which features older and mostly middle-aged male skaters as our case study. This is done in light of discourses of ageing and a lack of studies examining how older participants remain involved in lifestyle sports typically associated with youth and…