Totally Wired Postpunk Interviews and Overviews
by Reynolds, SimonFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-08-17
Publisher(s): Soft Skull
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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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