Sex Pistols - Poison in the Machine

The explosive story of the Sex Pistols is now so familiar that the essence of what they represented has been lost in a fog of nostalgia and rock'n'roll cliche. In 1976 the rise of the Sex Pistols was regarded in apocalyptic terms, and the punks as visitors from an unwanted future bringing chaos and confusion. John Scanlan considers the Sex Pistols as the first successful art project of their manager, Malcolm McLaren, a vision born out of radical politics, boredom and his deep and unrelenting talent for perverse opportunism.

Info autore

John Scanlan is a cultural historian and analyst who works with In Certain Places, a public art project based at the University of Lancashire. His previous books include On Garbage (2005), Memory: Encounters with the Strange and the Familiar (2013) and Rock ’n’ Roll Plays Itself (2022), all published by Reaktion Books.

Riassunto

John Scanlan considers the Sex Pistols as the first successful art project of their manager, Malcolm McLaren, a vision born out of radical politics, boredom and his deep and unrelenting talent for perverse opportunism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Scanlan
• Editore: Reaktion Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781780237541
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-754-1
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Reverb
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Punk, Rock, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Punk, Biography: arts & entertainment, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Pop Music, Popular Music, Punk, New Wave & Indie, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, c 1970 to c 1979, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, c 1970 to c 1980, Biography: arts and entertainment