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''An interesting chronicle of a very interesting time in music.'' --The Telegraph
''Featuring well-researched quotes from those that were there, this is pivotal reading for anyone who wants to see that there was more to New York in the late 70s than The Ramones, Television and Blondie.'' --Dazed and Confused
''Brings this secret history vividly to life.'' --Village Voice
''Featuring well-researched quotes from those that were there, this is pivotal reading for anyone who wants to see that there was more to New York in the late 70s than The Ramones, Television and Blondie.'' --Dazed and Confused
''Brings this secret history vividly to life.'' --Village Voice
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''Featuring well-researched quotes from those that were there, this is pivotal reading for anyone who wants to see that there was more to New York in the late 70s than The Ramones, Television and Blondie.'' --Dazed and Confused
''Brings this secret history vividly to life.'' --Village Voice
''Featuring well-researched quotes from those that were there, this is pivotal reading for anyone who wants to see that there was more to New York in the late 70s than The Ramones, Television and Blondie.'' --Dazed and Confused
''Brings this secret history vividly to life.'' --Village Voice
Flashing through the New York underground in the late 1970s, No Wave was the ultimate anti-movement. Its bands consisted of artists and poets untrained in music, looking to explode rock and disappear before the smoke cleared. The primary perpetrators - Lydia Lunch's howling "Teenage Jesus and the Jerks", James Chance's skeletal Contortions, the dark-noise groups Mars and DNA - all drew on primitivism, performance art, and the avant-garde. They were best known for short songs and even shorter life-spans. "No Wave" traces the history of this influential genre from its most famous names down to its many offshoots and sidetracks. From early pioneers like Suicide and Glenn Branca, to forgotten treasures like Red Transistor and Bush Tetras, "No Wave" charts all the cracks and crevices of a surprisingly diverse movement. The book also delves into No Wave cinema, a vibrant underground scene where figures like Jim Jarmusch, Nick Zedd, and Steve Buscemi first cut their teeth.Illustrated with concert photos, record covers, and other ephemera of the times, and filled with quotes from those who were there, "No Wave" is the definitive guide to a genre whose sounds and ideas still vibrate through alternative culture today.
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- PublisherBlack Dog Publishing
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 190615502X
- ISBN 13 9781906155025
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages205
- EditorRob Young
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Black Dog Publishing, London, UK
(2007)
ISBN 10: 190615502X
ISBN 13: 9781906155025
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 8-1/2" x 10-1/2" Softcover; 205pp; Covers clean & bright, creasing to spine, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce history of and comprehensive guide to the No Wave genre from early pioneers like Suicide and Richard Hell to forgotten treasures like Red Transistor and 8-Eyed Spy, to descendants such as ESG and Sonic Youth. Also includes section on No Wave cinema. Illustrated with concert photos, record covers and other ephemera, and filled with interviews with people who were there. Seller Inventory # 016927
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