RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN: POSTPUNK 1978-1984
By SIMON REYNOLDS
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Author's Note
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INTRODUCTION
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PROLOGUE: THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION
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PART ONE: POSTPUNK
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PUBLIC IMAGE BELONGS TO ME: John Lydon and PiL
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Public Image Ltd
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OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING: Howard Devoto and Vic Godard
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Buzzcocks. Magazine. Subway Sect.
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UNCONTROLLABLE URGE: the Industrial Grotesquerie of Pere Ubu and Devo
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Pere Ubu. Devo.
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CONTORT YOURSELF: No Wave New York
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James Chance and the Contortions. Suicide. Lydia Lunch. DNA. Mars. Lounge Lizards.
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TRIBAL REVIVAL: The Pop Group and The Slits
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The Pop Group. Dennis Bovell. Alternative TV. The Slits. New Age Steppers. Rip Rip & Panic.
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AUTONOMY IN THE U.K.: Independent Labels and the DIY movement
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New Hormones. Fast Product. Factory. Rough Trade. Cherry Red. Desperate Bicycles. Thomas Leer. The Normal. Mute. Swell Maps.
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MILITANT ENTERTAINMENT: Gang of Four and The Leeds Scene
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Gang of Four. The Mekons. Delta 5. Au Pairs.
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ART ATTACK: Talking Heads and Wire
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Talking Heads. David Byrne & Brian Eno. Wire. Dome.
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LIVING FOR THE FUTURE: Cabaret Voltaire, the Human League and the Sheffield Scene
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Cabaret Voltaire. The Future/Human League.
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JUST STEP SIDEWAYS: The Fall, Joy Division and the Manchester Scene
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The Fall. Joy Division. Martin Hannett. The Passage. Factory Records. A Certain Ratio. Durutti Column.
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MESSTHETICS: The London vanguard
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Scritti Politti. London Musicians Collective. Flying Lizards. This Heat. Rough Trade. The Raincoats. The Red Krayola. Young Marble Giants. John Peel. The Prefects. The Cravats. Family Fodder, Native Hipsters. Spizz. Notsensibles. Fatal Microbes.
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INDUSTRIAL DEVOLUTION: Throbbing Gristle's Music from the Death Factory
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Throbbing Gristle. Whitehouse. Nurse With Wound. Clock DVA. 23 Skidoo.
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FREAK SCENE: Cabaret Noir and Theatre of Cruelty in Postpunk San Francisco
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The Residents. Tuxedomoon. Factrix. Chrome. The Sleepers. Flipper.
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CAREERING: PiL and Postpunk's Peak and Fall
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Public Image Ltd.
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PART TWO: NEW POP AND NEW ROCK
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GHOST DANCE: 2-Tone and the Ska Resurrection
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The Specials. Madness. The Beat. The Selecter. Dexy's Midnight Runners.
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SEX GANG CHILDREN: Malcolm McLaren, the Pied Piper of Pantomime Pop
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Bow Wow Wow. Adam and the Ants.
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ELECTRIC DREAMS: Synthpop
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Human League. Gary Numan. Ultravox. John Foxx. Visage. Spandau Ballet. Martin Rushent. Soft Cell. Japan. Depeche Mode. DAF.
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FUN 'N' FRENZY: Postcard Records and the Sound of Young Scotland
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Orange Juice. Josef K. The Fire Engines. The Associates.
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PLAY TO WIN: The Pioneers of New Pop
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Scritti Politti. British Electric Foundation. Heaven 17. Dollar. Trevor Horn. ABC.
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MUTANT DISCO AND PUNK-FUNK: Crosstown Traffic in early Eighties New York and Beyond: An Oral History
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B-52s. Pylon. Club 57. Mudd Club. Jean-Michel Basquiat. ZE Records. Kid Creole & The Coconuts. Was (Not Was). Material. 99 Records. Bush Tetras. ESG. Liquid Liquid. A Certain Ratio. New Order. Arthur Baker. Sonic Youth.
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NEW GOLD DREAMS 81-82-83-84: The Peak and Fall of New Pop
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The Associates. Altered Images. Simple Minds. Haircut 100. Orange Juice. Duran Duran. Eurythmics. Thompson Twins. Wham!. Culture Club. ABC. Human League. Scritti Politti.
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DARK THINGS: Goth and the Return of Rock
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Bauhaus. Siouxsie & The Banshees. The Cure. The Birthday Party. Killing Joke. Virgin Prunes. Theatre of Hate. Sisters of Mercy. Southern Death Cult.
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GLORY BOYS: Liverpool, New Psychedelia, and the Big Music
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Echo & The Bunnymen. Wah! Heat. The Teardrop Explodes. The Blue Orchids. Big Country. Simple Minds. U2.
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THE BLASTING CONCEPT: Progressive Punk from SST Records to Mission of Burma
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SST Records. Black Flag. The Minutemen. Husker Du. Mission of Burma. Meat Puppets.
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CONFORM TO DEFORM: The Second-Wave Industrial Infiltrators
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Psychic TV. Cabaret Voltaire. Coil. Foetus. Einsturzende Neubauten. Test Dept. Swans. Depeche Mode.
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RAIDING THE 20TH CENTURY: ZTT and Frankiemania
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Malcolm McLaren. Trevor Horn. The Art of Noise. Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Propaganda. Grace Jones.
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