The England's Dreaming Tapes: The Essential Companion to England's Dreaming, the Seminal History of Punk

Introduction; 1 The Shop: 430 King's Road; 2 New York; 3 Sex Pistols; 4 The City; 5 The Suburbs; 6 The Team: Glitterbest; 7 The Propagandists; 8 The North-West; 9 1977/1: The Roxy; 10 1977/2: The Jubilee; 11 Sid Vicious; Afterword: where are they now?; Acknowledgements; Index.;The essential companion to England's Dreaming, the seminal history of punk. 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. The Shop : 430 King's Road. Malcom Mclaren ; Robin Scott ; Helen Wallington-lloyd ; Jordan ; Alan Jones ; Chrissie Hynde -- New York. Sylvain Sylvain ; Leee Black Childers ; Roberta Bayley ; John Holmstrom ; Legs Mcneil ; Mary Harron -- Sex Pistols. Warwick Nightingale ; Steve Jones ; Paul Cook ; Glen Matlock ; Johnny Rotten -- The City. Roger Armstrong ; Joe Strummer ; Adam Ant ; Tony James ; Viv Albertine ; Jah Wobble -- The Suburbs. Shanne Hasler ; Captain Sensible ; Siouxsie Sioux ; Berlin ; Marco Pirroni ; Vic Goddard ; Steve Walsh ; Debbi Wilson -- The Team : Glitterbest. Nils Stevenson ; Ray Stevenson ; Dave Goodman ; Sophie Richmond ; Jamie Reid ; John Tiberi -- The Propagandists. Neil Specer ; Caroline Coon ; Jonh Ingham ; Mark Perry -- The North-west. Howard Devoto ; Pete Shelley ; Richard Boon ; Tony Wilson ; Linder -- 1977/1 : The Roxy. Andy Czezowski And Susan Carrington ; Poly Styrene ; Don Letts ; Wire ; Tv Smith ; Pauling Murray -- 1977/2 : The Jubilee. Al Clark ; Dennis Morris ; Derek Jarman ; Barbara Harwood -- Sid Vicious. Joe Stevens ; Anne Beverley -- Afterward : Where Are They Now? Jon Savage. Interviews With Various Punk Rock Musicians From England. First Published In The United Kindom In 2009 By Faber And Faber Limited--t.p. Verso. Includes Index. "In The England's Dreaming Tapes, Jon Savage has gone back to the source to recreate, in original interview form, the extraordinarily disparate and contentious personalities who emerged in the mid-'70s as the harbingers of what became known as punk." "Here in unexpurgated form is the story of a generation that changed the world in just a few months in 1976. It's the story of London - from the Kings Road and Soho to Ladbroke Grove and outer suburbia - and the story of Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Johnny Rotten; four young men whose talents combined to create the most incendiary rock band of all time." "In interviews with all the major figures of the time - including all four original Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer, Chrissie Hynde, Jordan, Siouxsie Sioux, Viv Albertine, Adam Ant, Leee Black Childers, Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley, Syl Sylvain, Debbie Wilson, Tony Wilson and Jah Wobble - Jon Savage has produced a book huge in scope, vision and generosity of perspective." "The England's Dreaming Tapes will surely become the final word and the must-have oral history of the music, fashion and attitude that changed the way we look at ourselves and the world forever."--Jacket