THE SCENE THAT WOULD NOT DIE – Ian Glasper (Hg.)

Beschreibung

After covering the UK thrash metal scene of the last forty years with ‘Contract In Blood: A History of UK Thrash’ (2018), Glasper has finally deemed it time to bring his coverage of the ever-evolving UK punk scene to a triumphant conclusion, rounding up the last two decades with ‘The Scene That Would Not Die: Twenty Years of Post-Millennial Punk In The UK’.

An awful lot has happened since 2000 – not least of all the advent of the internet and social media, which has changed the way we create and listen to music, and how we interact with our favourite artists. For many, punk has become a nostalgic pastime, annual festivals like Rebellion giving them chance to reminisce about their youth, but for a new generation it is still a vital voice for protest, a way to rally against the inequality and injustice that remains a tragic constant in society. In more recent years, Brexit and coronavirus have blighted both the political landscape and the live music scene, but punk continues to adapt and survive, and ‘The Scene That Would Not Die’ captures the fierce determination to create vital music in the face of adversity that has epitomised the punk scene since its inception.

Teaming up with new collaborators, Earth Island Books, themselves veterans of the underground music scene, Glasper brings his series of books documenting UK punk to a close in fine style, undertaking in-depth interviews with 111 essential bands from the last twenty years, discussing the challenges they’ve faced, the obstacles they’ve had to overcome, and how they think they still need to evolve to stay relevant in these troubled times – by the end of it, you will understand exactly why UK punk is the scene that will not die.

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We very much appreciate all the support an interest we have had for Ian Glasper’s new book on UK punk in this millennium, ‚The scene that would not die‘.

The official launch of the book was on 7th December 2020 and with pre-orders being taken from October the first printing sold out immediately. We shipped over 900 books, by hand, in just a few days. Many with personalised or signed copies, and / or posters, bookmarks and CDs too.

The second print run is already underway and will be with us soon.

You may go ahead and order the book now and we will ship it out as soon as possible, with ‚The Scene That Would Not Die‘ bookmarks and posters too. No orders will be missed.

However, orders received on or after 18th December will likely ship AFTER Christmas now and be received in the New Year. It’ll be asap but depends on delivery times, post office, etc.

For this we are sorry, we assure you we are doing our best. We ship every day and usually the same day orders come in, but we aren’t amazon and are now waiting for stock again from the printers.

When we do send the books though we will throw in extra CDs and goodies, and anyway, the book is awesome and well worth the wait!

We appreciate your support and patience.