Substance – Inside New Order by Peter Hook, bassist and co-founder of Joy Division & New Order is now available from Dey Street Books. You can preview the book’s introduction here – bit.ly/SubstanceInsideNewOrderBookPreview. In this final installment of his internationally bestselling three-part memoir—including The Hacienda and Unknown Pleasures—Peter Hook focuses on the 1980s New Wave and Dance Punk scene and the rise of one of… Read more →
Tag: Book
The Beauty and Creativity of 80s Postpunk Culture
Author Andi Harriman celebrates the one-year anniversary since the release of Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace: The Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980’s. In early 2012, The Postpunk Project was simply an idea—Andi Harriman and Marloes Bontje had a dream to document and reveal the historic and creative aspect of the influential 1980s alternative scene that… Read more →
California Deathrock – Subculture Portraits by Forrest Black and Amelia G
California Deathrock – Subculture Portraits by Forrest Black and Amelia G is a gorgeous hardcover coffee table book that includes 172 pages of deathrock gothic punk portraits with intense personality and viscerally saturated colors. Assembling this documentary of the California deathrock scene is the work of award-winning graphic designer and photographer Forrest Black and award-winning writer Amelia G. The book which… Read more →