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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827762303321

Autore

Harriman Andi

Titolo

Some wear leather, some wear lace : a worldwide compendium of postpunk and goth in the 1980s / / Andi Harriman, Marloes Bontje ; cover designer and typesetting, Stephanie Sarlos ; production manager, Bethan Ball

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, England ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : Intellect Ltd., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78320-353-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

338.4778

Soggetti

Music trade

Popular music - History and criticism

Popular music - Analysis, appreciation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half-title; Copyright; Title; Contents; INTRO; ATMOSPHERE; Kings of the Wild Frontier; Places: Scandinavia; A New Dark Age; Places: Behind the Iron Curtain; Everyday is Halloween; This Corrosion; Memorabilia; A NEW FORM OF BEAUTY; Spirit (We love our audience!); Painted Bird; Places: Japan; Like Cockatoos; Places: Grufti Nation; Promised Land; Places: The Netherlands; Face to Face; MEAT OF YOUTH; Photo Collections; I. Style: Creatures of the Night; II. La Movida: New Cultural Identity; III. Boredom of Life: Spheres and Sentiments; IV. To the Batcave!; V. Shot!: Becoming History

Winklepickers THE LAST SONG; Acknowledgements; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

It was a scene that had many names: some original members referred to themselves as punks, others new romantics, new wavers, the bats, or the morbids. 'Goth' did not gain lexical currency until the late 1980's.