Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984

Punk's raw power rejuvenated rock, but by summer 1977 it had become a parody of itself. Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-84 is a celebration of what happened next -bands like Joy Division, Gang of Four, Wire, Contortions, Talking Heads, The Fall, Cabaret Voltaire, The Human League- who dedicated themselves to fulfilling punk's unfinished musical revolution. Based on over 125 interviews, Rip It Up offers a panoramic survey of the seven year period following punk, taking in everything from PIL to ABC to SST to ZTT, and dealing with genres including industrial, 2-Tone, synthpop, and goth.

CONTENIDO:

Author's Note
Introduction
Prologue: The unfinished revolution

PART ONE: POSTPUNK
PUBLIC IMAGE BELONGS TO ME: John Lydon and PiL
Public Image Ltd

OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING: Howard Devoto and Vic Godard
Buzzcocks. Magazine. Subway Sect.

UNCONTROLLABLE URGE: the Industrial Grotesquerie of Pere Ubu and Devo
Pere Ubu. Devo.

CONTORT YOURSELF: No Wave New York
James Chance and the Contortions. Suicide. Lydia Lunch. DNA. Mars. Lounge Lizards.

TRIBAL REVIVAL: The Pop Group and The Slits
The Pop Group. Dennis Bovell. Alternative TV. The Slits. New Age Steppers. Rip Rip & Panic.

AUTONOMY IN THE U.K.: Independent Labels and the DIY movement
New Hormones. Fast Product. Factory. Rough Trade. Cherry Red. Desperate Bicycles. Thomas Leer. The Normal. Mute. Swell Maps.

MILITANT ENTERTAINMENT: Gang of Four and The Leeds Scene
Gang of Four. The Mekons. Delta 5. Au Pairs.

ART ATTACK: Talking Heads and Wire
Talking Heads. David Byrne & Brian Eno. Wire. Dome.

LIVING FOR THE FUTURE: Cabaret Voltaire, the Human League and the Sheffield Scene
Cabaret Voltaire. The Future/Human League.

JUST STEP SIDEWAYS: The Fall, Joy Division and the Manchester Scene
The Fall. Joy Division. Martin Hannett. The Passage. Factory Records. A Certain Ratio. Durutti Column.

MESSTHETICS: The London vanguard
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.

INDUSTRIAL DEVOLUTION: Throbbing Gristle's Music from the Death Factory
Throbbing Gristle. Whitehouse. Nurse With Wound. Clock DVA. 23 Skidoo.

FREAK SCENE: Cabaret Noir and Theatre of Cruelty in Postpunk San Francisco
The Residents. Tuxedomoon. Factrix. Chrome. The Sleepers. Flipper.

CAREERING: PiL and Postpunk's Peak and Fall
Public Image Ltd.

PART TWO: NEW POP AND NEW ROCK
GHOST DANCE: 2-Tone and the Ska Resurrection
The Specials. Madness. The Beat. The Selecter. Dexy's Midnight Runners.

SEX GANG CHILDREN: Malcolm McLaren, the Pied Piper of Pantomime Pop
Bow Wow Wow. Adam and the Ants.

ELECTRIC DREAMS: Synthpop
Human League. Gary Numan. Ultravox. John Foxx. Visage. Spandau Ballet. Martin Rushent. Soft Cell. Japan. Depeche Mode. DAF.

FUN 'N' FRENZY: Postcard Records and the Sound of Young Scotland
Orange Juice. Josef K. The Fire Engines. The Associates.

PLAY TO WIN: The Pioneers of New Pop
Scritti Politti. British Electric Foundation. Heaven 17. Dollar. Trevor Horn. ABC.

MUTANT DISCO AND PUNK-FUNK: Crosstown Traffic in early Eighties New York and Beyond: An Oral History
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.

NEW GOLD DREAMS 81-82-83-84: The Peak and Fall of New Pop
The Associates. Altered Images. Simple Minds. Haircut 100. Orange Juice. Duran Duran. Eurythmics. Thompson Twins. Wham!. Culture Club. ABC. Human League. Scritti Politti.

DARK THINGS: Goth and the Return of Rock
Bauhaus. Siouxsie & The Banshees. The Cure. The Birthday Party. Killing Joke. Virgin Prunes. Theatre of Hate. Sisters of Mercy. Southern Death Cult.

GLORY BOYS: Liverpool, New Psychedelia, and the Big Music
Echo & The Bunnymen. Wah! Heat. The Teardrop Explodes. The Blue Orchids. Big Country. Simple Minds. U2.

THE BLASTING CONCEPT: Progressive Punk from SST Records to Mission of Burma
SST Records. Black Flag. The Minutemen. Husker Du. Mission of Burma. Meat Puppets.

CONFORM TO DEFORM: The Second-Wave Industrial Infiltrators
Psychic TV. Cabaret Voltaire. Coil. Foetus. Einsturzende Neubauten. Test Dept. Swans. Depeche Mode.

RAIDING THE 20TH CENTURY: ZTT and Frankiemania