Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age

Format:

Book

Contributor:

York, Will, contribution by.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 p.)

Other Title:

Who Cares Anyway

Place of Publication:

SCB Distributors

Summary:

Late 70s San Francisco. The City by the Bay is reeling from a string of bizarre tragedies that have earned it a new name: the kook capital of the world. Yet out of the darkness comes a creative rebirth, instigated by punk and sustained by the steady influx of outsiders who view the city as a place of refuge, a last resort. What ensues is a collision of sounds and ideas that spans the golden age of analogue DIY culture, from the dark cabaret of Tuxedomoon and Factrix, the apocalyptic sounds of Minimal Man and Flipper, the conceptual humour of Gregg Turkingtons Amarillo Records; through to the subversive pop music of Faith No More, the left-field experimentalism of Caroliner, Mr. Bungle, and Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, and much more. This book chronicles the wild post-punk San Francisco music scene, courtesy of those who lived it.

ISBN:

1-915316-06-5