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Sex Pistols: Poison in the Machine
John Scanlan
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Description for Sex Pistols: Poison in the Machine
Paperback. John Scanlan considers the Sex Pistols as the first successful art project of their manager, Malcolm McLaren, a vision born out of radical politics, boredom and his deep and unrelenting talent for perverse opportunism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; AVGP; AVGU; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 482.
The explosive story of the Sex Pistols is now so familiar that the essence of what they represented has been lost in a fog of nostalgia and rock'n'roll cliche. In 1976 the rise of the Sex Pistols was regarded in apocalyptic terms, and the punks as visitors from an unwanted future bringing chaos and confusion. John Scanlan considers the Sex Pistols as the first successful art project of their manager, Malcolm McLaren, a vision born out of radical politics, boredom and his deep and unrelenting talent for perverse opportunism. McLaren deliberately set a collision course with establishments, both conservative and ... Read more
The explosive story of the Sex Pistols is now so familiar that the essence of what they represented has been lost in a fog of nostalgia and rock'n'roll cliche. In 1976 the rise of the Sex Pistols was regarded in apocalyptic terms, and the punks as visitors from an unwanted future bringing chaos and confusion. John Scanlan considers the Sex Pistols as the first successful art project of their manager, Malcolm McLaren, a vision born out of radical politics, boredom and his deep and unrelenting talent for perverse opportunism. McLaren deliberately set a collision course with establishments, both conservative and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780237541
SKU
V9781780237541
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99-15
About John Scanlan
John Scanlan is a writer and cultural historian based in Manchester, UK. His previous books for Reaktion include Easy Riders, Rolling Stones: On the Road in America, from Delta Blues to 70s Rock, Memory: Encounters with the Strange and the Familiar and Van Halen: Exuberant California, Zen Rock n roll. "
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