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Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
Simon Reynolds
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Description for Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
Paperback. Taking a big-picture view of the post-punk period, this book recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. It presents many anecdotes and insights, and features the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads. It is of interest to fans of post-punk music. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AVGC6; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music.
Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads, Rip It Up And Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on popular music ever written.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571215706
SKU
V9780571215706
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99-98
About Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds is the author of Energy Flash: A Journey through Rave Music and Dance Culture, Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock, The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellions and Rock and Roll (co-written with Joy Press), Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978 - 1984 and, most recently, Bring the Noise: Twenty Years of Hip Hop and Hip Rock.
Reviews for Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
"'I had never expected there to be a book on this subject; had I done so, I would never have dared to hope it could be as good as this.' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Book of the Week"