Karl Spracklen

The Construction of Heavy Metal Identity through Heritage Narratives: A Case Study of Extreme Metal Bands in the North of England

Karl Spracklen, Caroline Lucas, Mark Deeks · Popular Music & Society · 2012 · 92 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Musicology +10

Introduction to the special issue: Music and Tourism

Brett Lashua, Karl Spracklen, Phil Long · Tourist Studies · 2014 · 88 citations · Full text

Humanities, Cultural Studies, Musicology +17

The Labour of Leisure

Karl Spracklen · Managing Leisure · 2011 · 81 citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Consumption Studies +6

Leisure opportunities and new migrant communities: challenging the contribution of sport

Karl Spracklen, Jonathan Long, Kevin Hylton · Leisure Studies · 2014 · 74 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Anthropology Of Migration +10

There is (almost) no alternative: the slow ‘heat death’ of music subcultures and the instrumentalization of contemporary leisure

Karl Spracklen · Annals of Leisure Research · 2014 · 68 citations · Full text

Humanities, Cultural Studies, Musicology +15