The Wreckers of Civilization : The Story of Coum Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle: The Story of Coum Transmissions and "Throbbing Gristle" |
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Simon Ford
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Pages: 300 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1901033600
Pub: Black Dog Publishing
Pub date: 2001-09-03
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 216141
Reader Reviews:
As music/art books go, this one is really good.... (0/2 people found this helpful)
This is an excellent account of where music meets art, rather than Manahlos and Red Tags, the story of a bunch of worried, art-conscious drifters from Hull who sought expressionism in music. Great illustrations. Compellingly straight-forward writing. The book's only weakness is that the story of COUM is so well told that you're left wanting more on the Fortress years of TG and the moment the wheels came off the P-Orridge cart.
excellent (2/9 people found this helpful)
i am into surrealist art and when reading a record collector one day the band throbbing gristle were being interviewed this made me seek out some info on this underground band and this book says it all fantastic brilliant keeps you reading for hours
That's Entertainment -! (6/7 people found this helpful)
An entertaining discourse on contemporary art history & "underground" music which pushes back the boundaries of critique, biography and reportage in much the same way as Coum & TG challenged the borders of taste, respectability and technical & musical possibility. A mine of information/disinformation which will educate the uninitiated and extend the database of the already informed. An engaging read and a real treat.
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