Rip it Up and Start Again

A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century. In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division , The Fall , Pere Ubu , PiL and Talking Heads , Rip It Up And Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on popular music ever written.