Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Floorshow 3
5. 2 The Fall of Rome 13
6. 3 Deep in the Forest 16
7. 4 ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’ 20
8. 5 Euro Visions 41
9. 6 The Devil has the Best Tunes 46
10. 7 Paint it, Black 53
11. 8 All the Children are Insane, or People are Strange 66
12. 9 Wham Bam thank you Glam 77
13. 10 Proto Post-Punk 117
14. 11 The Punk Wars 124
15. 12 ‘What was Once Unhealthily Fresh is Now a Clean Old Hat’ 131
16. 13 Spellbound 137
17. 14 Feel the Pain 159
18. 15 Ridicule is Nothing to be Scared of 175
19. 16 New Dawn Fades 194
20. 17 ‘The Wreckers of Western Civilisation…’ 213
21. 18 ‘I Must Fight this Sickness… Find a Cure’ 234
22. 19 The Naughty North and the Sexy South 250
23. 20 All We Ever Wanted Was Everything 265
24. 21 Lord of Chaos 281
25. 22 Release the Bats! 297
26. 23 ‘I am not Avant-Garde; I am a Deserter’ 313
27. 24 Voodoo Idols 329
28. 25 First, Last and Always 345
29. 26 Vagabonds - Bradford 372
30. 27 Flowers in the Forest 381
31. 28 Wanted Dead or Alive 398
32. 29 Do You Believe in the Westworld? 409
33. 30 A New Form of Beauty - Virgin Prunes, Dublin 419
34. 31 ‘Good Poetry Can Still Resonate Louder Than a Thousand Guns’ 428
35. 32 At The Gates of Silent Memory 440
36. 33 Darklands 447
37. 34 ‘We Sing to the Gods to Be Free’ 467
38. 35 Trans Europe Express 483
39. 36 In the Flat Field, Suburbs & Satellite Towns 490
40. 37 Apocalypse Now! Goth’s End Days 499
41. Index 513