{"product_id":"rip-it-up-and-start-again-postpunk-1978-1984-paperback","title":"Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRip It Up and Start Again\u003c\/b\u003e is the first book-length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style and continued into the early eighties with the video-savvy synth-pop of groups such as Human League, Depeche Mode, and Soft Cell, whose success coincided with the rise of MTV. Full of insight and anecdotes and populated by charismatic characters, \u003cb\u003eRip It Up and Start Again\u003c\/b\u003e re-creates the idealism, urgency, and excitement of one of the most important and challenging periods in the history of popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Reynolds is the author of \u003ci\u003eGeneration Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlissed Out: The Raptures of Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock 'n'Roll\u003c\/i\u003e (coauthored with Joy Press). A senior contributing writer for \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, his pop culture writings have also appeared in many other major publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468931875065,"sku":"9780143036722","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WlBzUGZLa1Z5WFUyU21PTzJkb1k5QT09.webp?v=1772477931","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/rip-it-up-and-start-again-postpunk-1978-1984-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}