No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk post punk When we speak only of

When we speak only of the music

ISBN: 9780711246751

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Colin's photographs

No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk post punk When we speak only ofAfter punk's arrival in 1976, many art students in the northern English city of Leeds traded their paintbrushes for guitars and synthesizers. In bands ranging from Gang of Four, Soft Cell, and Delta 5 to the Mekons, Scritti Politti, and Fad Gadget, these artists turned musicians challenged the limits of what was deemed possible in rock and pop music. Taking avant garde ideas to the record buying public, they created Situationist antirock and art punk,