John Robb — новинки

In the 1980s, the charts overflowed with what felt to many like the most boring pop music ever made—and the underground exploded. The postpunk scene was a diverse collection of bands brought together by independent releases and aided by reportage in fanzines and airplay by John Peel. This is the first time this era of music has been analyzed in such depth, exploring the loose confederation of noisenik outfits including Three Johns, the Membranes, the Ex, Wedding Present, A Witness, Bogshed, and Big Flame.

Highly opinionated and usually controversial, stars such as Mark E Smith, Morrissey, Ian Brown and the Gallagher brothers have always had plenty to say for themselves. This title features Manchester's gobbiest musicians who tell the story of the city's thriving music scene in their own words.

The Stone Roses is acknowledged as one of the most important albums of all time, and the band of the same name single-handedly set the stage for the resurgence of British rock and roll in the 1990s. This is a fully revised and updated biography by a journalist at the forefront of underground music.

The first biography of the seminal band that was the catalyst for the resurgence of British pop in the 1990s. In The Stone Roses, John Robb observes: ``The Roses were the legendary band of the late 1980s. They changed British pop by putting a cool street band back into the mainstream; they made pop and guitars cool again. When they put out `Fool's Gold,' they virtually invented the perfect 1990s pop record.'' The book looks back to where the band came from, their roots in post-punk youth culture, and their seizing of the moment in the post-acid-house fallout as they took first Manchester, and then Britain, on a swift, swaggering pop…

Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary legacy of music and cultural change, and this work talks to those who cultivated the movement, weaving together their accounts to create a raw and unprecedented oral history of punk in the United Kingdom. From the Clash, Crass, Henry Rollins, and John Lydon to the Sex Pistols, the Stranglers, and the Buzzcocks, this reference features more than 150 interviews that encapsulate the most thrilling wave of rock and roll pop culture ever seen. Ranging from its widely debated roots in the late 1960s to its enduring influence on modern bands, fashion, and culture, this history brings to life the energy and anarchy as no other book has done.