Like Punk Never Happened: Culture Club and the New Pop
Dave Rimmer
Softcover | 12.7 x 1.91 x 19.05 cm | 304 pp
Faber & Faber | 2022 | 9780571361083
The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club, and British pop music in the 1980s. A story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving and provocative insider account of the roller-coaster ride that was Boy George & Culture Club and the new '80s pop.
'Speaks from the centre of pop's beating heart.' Dylan Jones
'A controversial and honest account.' NME
'Music journalism at its best.' The Word
'The funniest, smartest book I know about the connections between pop glitter and real-life human passion, the erotics of fandom, or the dirty details.' Rob Sheffield, author of Talking to Girls about Duran Duran
'As sharp a study of British pop as we'll get.' Simon Frith, City Limits
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Dave Rimmer
Softcover | 12.7 x 1.91 x 19.05 cm | 304 pp
Faber & Faber | 2022 | 9780571361083
The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club, and British pop music in the 1980s. A story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving and provocative insider account of the roller-coaster ride that was Boy George & Culture Club and the new '80s pop.
'Speaks from the centre of pop's beating heart.' Dylan Jones
'A controversial and honest account.' NME
'Music journalism at its best.' The Word
'The funniest, smartest book I know about the connections between pop glitter and real-life human passion, the erotics of fandom, or the dirty details.' Rob Sheffield, author of Talking to Girls about Duran Duran
'As sharp a study of British pop as we'll get.' Simon Frith, City Limits
