Gavin Butt

No Machos or Pop Stars

When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk

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Produktbeschreibung

Gavin Butt tells the story of the post-punk scene in the northern English city of Leeds, showing how bands ranging from Gang of Four, Soft Cell, and Delta 5 to Mekons, Scritti Politti, and Fad Gadget drew on their university art school education to push the boundaries of pop music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9781478018636
• ISBN-10: 1478018631
• Artikelnr.: 62612160

Autorenporträt

Gavin Butt

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Class Acts  ix
Acknowledgments  xv
Introduction: The Art School Dance Goes On  1
Part I. Avant-Garde and Punk
1. Beginning at a Dead End  23
2. Anarchy at the Poly  56
Part II. Forming a Band
3. Punk Bohemians  75
4. Debating Society  105
5. Why Theory?  126
6. “No Machos or Pop-Stars Please”  146
7. Electric Shock  171
8. Rehearsals for the Mutant Disco  198
Epilogue: The Limits of Experiment—1981 and After  225
Notes  245
Discography  267
Bibliography  271
Index  283