Totally Wired Postpunk Interviews and Overviews

by Reynolds, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781593762865
• ISBN10: 1593762860
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-17
• Publisher: Soft Skull

Summary

In the follow-up to "Rip It Up and Start Again," renowned music journalist Reynolds interviews 32 of postpunk's most innovative personalities alongside an "overview" section of further reflections from Reynolds on postpunk's key icons and crucial scenes.

Author Biography

SIMON REYNOLDS is a consulting editor at Spin magazine. He is also the author of Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock, The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock ’n’ Roll, Totally Wired, and Bring the Noise.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Interviews
Ari Up	p. 3
Jah Wobble	p. 16
Alan Vega	p. 27
Gerald Casale	p. 40
Mark Mothersbaugh	p. 54
David Thomas	p. 57
Anthony H. Wilson	p. 69
Bill Drummond	p. 79
Mark Stewart	p. 94
Dennis Bovell	p. 103
Andy Gill	p. 108
David Byrne	p. 118
James Chance	p. 131
Lydia Lunch	p. 143
Steve Severin	p. 154
Nikki Sudden	p. 159
John Peel	p. 168
Alison Statton	p. 174
Green Gartside	p. 177
Gina Birch	p. 194
Martin Bramah	p. 203
Linder Sterling	p. 216
Steven Morris	p. 229
Richard H. Kirk	p. 244
Alan Rankine	p. 258
Paul Haig	p. 272
Phil Oakey	p. 277
Martin Rushent	p. 295
Edwyn Collins	p. 307
Steven Daly	p. 319
Paul Morley	p. 323
Trevor Horn	p. 337
Overviews
John Lydon and Public Image Ltd: Two Biographies	p. 351
Joy Division: Two Movies	p. 358
Ono, Eno, Arto: Non-musicians and the Emergence of 'Concept Rock'	p. 367
The Blasting Concept: Los Angeles, SST, and 'Progressive Punk'	p. 381
London Glam City: Poseurs, Dreamers, Heroes and Monsters, from the Bromley Contingent and Blitz to the Batcave and Leigh Bowery	p. 397
A Final Interview: Simon Reynolds	p. 404
Acknowledgements	p. 429
Index	p. 431
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