Michael's review
Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-Punk 1978-1984
by Simon Reynolds
Michael's review
Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-Punk 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds
Michael's review
rating:
So crammed full of information that it makes my head swim, not to mention reminding me that I need CDs by A Certain Ratio, The Passage, Crispy Ambulance, Caberet Voltaire, Pylon, and Delta 5. Not to mention wondering if that Desperate Bicycles LP will ever be re-issued. Not to mention...well, you can see why I've been reading it so long without finishing. Distractions, distractions. It was overdue at the libray, so I'll need to buy this one if I'm to have any hope of ever finishing it, cover to cover. Reynolds has a firm, if not encyclopedic, grasp on the period and more importantly, I have some respect for his opinion(s) and knowledge-base, not something I can say for many music writers.
