Jon Savage's 1991 book, "England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols,
Punk Rock, and Beyond," was hailed by the "New York Times Book
Review" as "the definitive history of the English punk movement."
Widely imitated but never equaled, it remains that rare work of
music history that appeals to music fans, critics, and scholars
alike. In researching "England's Dreaming," Savage conducted
hundreds of hours of interviews of which only a fraction made it
into the finished book. Now, in "The England's Dreaming Tapes,"
Savage makes available for the first time the full, uncut,
sensational story behind the cultural moment that was punk.
Here is the story of a generation that changed the world in just a
few months in 1976, as told by the scene's major figures: all four
original Sex Pistols as well as Joe Strummer, Chrissie Hynde,
Jordan, Siouxsie Sioux, Viv Albertine, Adam Ant, Lee Black
Childers, Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley, Syl Sylvain, Debbie Wilson,
Tony Wilson, Jah Wobble, and many others. Together, they offer a
sweeping history of the late 1960s and the 1970s-not just the era's
music, but also its radical politics, social issues, fashion, and
culture.
An invaluable source of information about a movement that has
become obscured by myth, these vivid, unvarnished interviews were
conducted when punk was only a decade old. In many cases, this was
the first time that the subjects had talked about the period. The
interviews describe the founding of the Sex Pistols; 430 King's
Road, site of the legendary boutique Sex, which helped establish
the punk aesthetic; punk rock New York; the cultural landscapes of
London and its suburbs; the writers who covered punk; and the
Manchester music scene centered around Factory Records.
With "The England's Dreaming Tapes," Savage gives us the first and
final word on the music, fashion, and attitude that defined this
influential and incendiary era.
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