Burning Britain

The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

Ian Glasper, Ian Glasper

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PM Press
09 October 2014

Punk, New Wave & Indie

The Day the Country Died features author, historian, and musician Ian Glasper (Burning Britain) exploring in minute detail the influential, esoteric, UK anarcho punk scene of the early Eighties. It was a time when punk stopped being merely a radical fashion statement, and became a force for real social change; a genuine revolutionary movement, driv

By: Ian Glasper, Ian Glasper
Imprint: PM Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 526
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 495g
ISBN: 9781604867480
ISBN 10: 1604867485
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 09 October 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ian Glasper is a writer, the founder of the now-defunct Blackfish Records, which released 20 punk, hardcore, and metalcore albums, and a member of many DIY punk bands. He is the author of Armed with Anger and Trapped in a Scene: UK Hardcore 1985-1989.

Reviews for Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

For those with a burning desire to dig deeper than The Clash and Sex Pistols to discover below-the-radar groups from the original British punk rock scene, then Burning Britain is your new Bible. --John B. Moore, New Noise Magazine [A] chatty, engaging history [that] follows the regional lines along which UK punk's 'second wave' scene divided. --Guardian