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Read and Burn
Wilson Neate
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Description for Read and Burn
Paperback. Offers an in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 Colour and Black and White in Plate Section. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 920.
"Read and Burn" is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historical accident. Despite the fact that they had complicated and transformed that category almost before they'd begun, they seem never to have quite escaped the label. Be it punk, post-punk, or art-punk, critics have clung onto the p-word in an attempt to capture the essence of Wire's innovative uniqueness. But their story - which honours punk's original yet quickly forgotten commitment to the new ... Read more
"Read and Burn" is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historical accident. Despite the fact that they had complicated and transformed that category almost before they'd begun, they seem never to have quite escaped the label. Be it punk, post-punk, or art-punk, critics have clung onto the p-word in an attempt to capture the essence of Wire's innovative uniqueness. But their story - which honours punk's original yet quickly forgotten commitment to the new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Outline Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908279330
SKU
V9781908279330
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About Wilson Neate
Wilson Neate is the author of Pink Flag (Continuum 2009), a book on Wire's first album. He has written widely about music, contributing to books and other print and online venues. In a past life, he acquired a wholly useless PhD and published Tolerating Ambiguity (Peter Lang 1998), as well as a number of scholarly articles. Mike Watt (foreword) ... Read more
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