Made In The UK: The Music of Attitude, 1977-1983 (powerHouse Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1576873935 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"distinct is the sheer angst of each photoa voracious soundtrack of shouts and furious drum kicks…" -- Anthem"A memory in motion that suggests a voracious soundtrack of shouts and drumkicks that defined this era in the UK" -- Anthem, September 2005"It’s a powerful illustrated history of British youth culture ecstatically creating a new world for itself." -- Giant"Janette Beckman was there to capture the period in all its unruly glory." -- Gotham"Janette Beckman's powerful portraits celebrate the music and attitude of Punk, Mod, Skinhead, 2 Tone, and Rockabilly culture." -- Mojo STYLE BIBLE, Sept 2005"Powerful illustrated history of youth culture" -- Giant, Sept 2005"The pictures manifest the genius of underground scenes and highlight their influence on today’s music scene." -- Paper"When Punk exploded, it tore Britain into a thousand cultural fragments and Janette Beckman was there to catch them" -- <
Among these groups, this generation still had the radical idea that each and every punk, skin, mod, rude boy, and ted was just as important as the bands. And photographer Janette Beckman was on the front line of that hyper-energized time, capturing “the look” of the musicians and kids who were loudly defining an era. Janette Beckman’s gritty aesthetic placed her on good footing among the kids on the street—and the portraits she made prove that attitude never dies.. For a few glorious years the UK was the center of the cultural universe.” —Vivien Goldman When punk first rocked, the rough and rugged style on the streets was a world away from the super-slick music videos and corporate stylists that were to follow. Beckman began her career working for Melody Maker, one of London’s premier weekly music papers. “The mid-1970s was England’s darkest, dreariest hour. They made it up as they went along and it touched every corner of the Disunited Kingdom. The UK was sliding deeper into unemployment, reeling from strike after strike, power cuts, the three-day work week, and IRA bombs. She soon had extraordinary access to the musicians topping the UK charts—icons of an era when music had an agenda—including The Clash, The
Paolo Hewitt is the biographer of Oasis, The Small Faces, and The Jam and has written three major books on youth culture. Her photographs of the pioneers Run-DMC, Afrika Bambaataa, Salt-N-Pepa, and Grandmaster Flash are collected in RAP: Portraits and Lyrics of a Generation of Black Rockers (St. Paul Smith established himself as the preeminent British designer within twenty years of his introduction to fashion. Vivien Goldman is a writer, broadcast
"Ah, those were the good old days!" according to J. Gonson. If you loved punk when it was then this is the nostalgia picture book for you!. beautiful object everybody interested in youth cultures must have Janette Beckman's work is undoubtely a powerful, historic and vital document. This book is an intimate, beautiful object everybody interested in youth cultures must have.