false <![CDATA[Rip It Up and Start Again]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173316828m/272642.jpg 272642 6 Punk's raw power rejuvenated rock, but by the summer of 1977 the movement had become a parody of itself. RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN is a celebration of what happened next: post-punk bands like PiL, Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Fall and The Human League who dedicated themselves to fulfilling punk's unfinished musical revolution. The post-punk groups were fervent modernists. Experimenting with electronics and machine rhythm or adapting ideas from dub reggae and disco, they were totally confident they could invent a whole new future for music. 218313 book 21 4 2005 Rip It Up and Start Again total:532|5:179|4:246|3:90|2:12|1:5| 532 2178 817 111 3 2 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 17:55:30 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 17:33:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Nov 11 08:40:47 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 24 07:24:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:01:47 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 09:49:03 -0700 2009 Rip It Up and Start Again is meant to be a comprehensive study of the postpunk era, which he says is from 1978 to 1984. It began with the Sex Pistols' implosion and sort of fades out at the end.

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