Eric's review
Rip It Up and Start Again
by Simon Reynolds
Eric's review
Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds
Eric's review
rating:
recommended for: Music Lovers (particularly English music lovers)
Okay, I was the kid who ate, drank and dreamed music. Music was always around from the Red Hot Chili Peppers in a small club, being the the midst of FEAR riot in downtown L.A., watching Grand Master Flash at the Palace, to catching Love and Rockets on their first tour in the U.S.
Yeah, I was that guy who was suspended for sneaking out of class to go stand in the line to get tickets for The Who (with the Clash opening) and swore he would never wash his cheek after Suzanne Hoffs (from the Bangles) kissed it in the middle of the Roxy after congratulating her on their great set.
I've never lost my love for music and I'm proud to say that I was one of the first to see the Asian Dub Foundation when the came to the states and I look at you with disdain if you don't know who Linton Kwesi Johnson is.
With that said . . . something happened from 1978-1984. I found Two Tone in 1981 and didn't come back for air until about 1987. I guess during that time a lot of shit happened in th...more
Yeah, I was that guy who was suspended for sneaking out of class to go stand in the line to get tickets for The Who (with the Clash opening) and swore he would never wash his cheek after Suzanne Hoffs (from the Bangles) kissed it in the middle of the Roxy after congratulating her on their great set.
I've never lost my love for music and I'm proud to say that I was one of the first to see the Asian Dub Foundation when the came to the states and I look at you with disdain if you don't know who Linton Kwesi Johnson is.
With that said . . . something happened from 1978-1984. I found Two Tone in 1981 and didn't come back for air until about 1987. I guess during that time a lot of shit happened in th...more
