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  • Rip It up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984

  • By: Simon Reynolds
  • Narrated by: Liam Wheatley
  • Length: 23 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary

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.
©2009 Simon Reynolds (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited
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Very informative

Good book. Very interesting to hear the background and circumstances that brought about such a great period in music.

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