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Sweet Dreams
Author: Dylan Jones
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Retail Price: | $39.99 |
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ISBN: 9780571353439
Format: Hardback
Published: November 2020
Published By: Faber
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Published: November 2020
Published By: Faber
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The definitive history of the Blitz Kids, Synth-Pop and the Style Press from 1975 to 1985.The definitive history of the Blitz Kids, Synth-Pop and the Style Press from 1975 to 1985.Sweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth.
One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era had a huge influence on the growth of print and broadcast media, and was arguably one of the most bohemian environments of the late twentieth century. Not only did it visually define the decade, it was the catalyst for the Second British Invasion, when the US charts would be colonised by British pop music - Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Wham!, Soft Cell, Ultravox, Duran Duran, Sade, Spandau Ballet, the Eurythmics and many more - making it one of the most powerful cultural exports since the Beatles.
For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.