Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96418 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 375 pages

Synopsis
"The Day The Country Died" is the long-awaited follow-up to Ian Glasper's successful "Burning Britain", and sees the author exploring in minute detail the obscure, esoteric, UK anarcho-punk scene of the early Eighties. If the bands in "Burning Britain" were loud, political and uncompromising, those examined in "The Day The Country Died" were even more so, totally prepared to risk their liberty to communicate the ideals they believed in so passionately. With Crass and Poison Girls opening the floodgates, the arrival of bands such as Zoundz, Flux Of Pink Indians, Conflict, Subhumans, Dirt, The Mob, Rudimentary Peni, Anti-Sect, Omega Tribe and Icons Of Filth heralded a brand new age of honesty and integrity in underground music. It was a time when punk stopped being merely a radical fashion statement, and became a force for real social change; a genuine revolutionary movement, driven by some of the most challenging noises ever committed to tape. Anarchy, as regards punk rock, no longer meant 'cash from chaos', it meant 'freedom, peace and unity'. Anarcho-punk took the rebellion inherent in punk from Day One to a whole new level of personal awareness.

All the scene's biggest names, and most of the smaller ones, are comprehensively covered with brand new, exclusive interviews and hundreds of previously unseen photographs. "The Day The Country Died" is the perfect companion piece to "Burning Britain" for anyone even remotely interested in the UK punk scene.

Customer Reviews

DELIGHTFUL !!!!
This is a follow-up to same author's¨ Burning Britain ¨; first in a series of 3 books on the history of punk rock by Ian Glasper, journalist and punk-rock historian. Much better written if as in the same fashion as BBritain, that is to say, bands by geographical order - interviews with the musicians and discographies, this volume is a much more interesting read in that the musical style of every band is better described by either the author and/or the interviewed musicians. Of course that may also stem from the more varied, thoughtful and political insights of the anarcho-punk band members, movement about this volume revolves exclusively (1980 to 1985). Of course the author has shown his personal preferences by including, yet again, a lot of totally unknown bands leaving some of the more well known (Poison Girls come to mind, though they're so constantly refered to one gets some idea about them ). This volume is yet again presented to the reader as a horrible black&white paperback edition ONLY, which tends to fall apart if you, like me, re-read it very often as the source of reference it is. But hey, I guess the idea is to keep the price low (???) and that doesn't detract from the excellence of its contents. If you like bands like Crass, Conflict and the like, this'll make the most interesting thing you can do (......)

FROM PUNKY PISS UPS TO PURITAN POLITICS...
I don't understand the use of the title in this context but I loved the book. A rare and revealing document of an exciting, passionate, visionary yet hopelessly naive, bleak and not so puritanical underground scene. All the big fish and many minnows are featured in glorious detail though a few of the dates are out. I would have also have liked a little more on what all of the bands are doing today but its a work of real dedication and is proof that this scene was so much more vital than the cartoon oi punks of the previous book - well done Mr. Glasper but where was the no 'pay no more than' on the cover???...(joke!)