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.
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.
Gavin Butt is Professor of Fine Art at Northumbria University, author of Between You and Me: Queer Disclosures in the New York Art World, 1948–1963 , also published by Duke University Press, and coeditor of Post-Punk Then and Now.
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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
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
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