Recalling the ’80s ‘new wave’ of bands from across the sea
Mad World
By Lori Majewski & Jonathan Bernstein
Softcover, 320 pages, $19.95 / Kindle edition $9.99 (Abrams)
If you came of age the ’80s, you remember the impact of British “new wave,” as MTV introduced America to the sights and sounds of the synth pop, goth, industrial, electro and punk-alt-rock combinations that came from across the sea—and helped to define a generation. This sprawling, photo-packing oral history, featuring interviews with members of Tears For Fears (the title comes from one of their tunes) Duran Duran, Adam and the Ants, INXS, Simple Minds, A-ha, The Waitresses, Bow Wow Wow and many more acts of the decade, all talking about their music and their time in the spotlight, casts an entertaining, insightful retro glow on one of pop music’s most colorful, anything-goes eras.
—Neil Pond, American Profile Magazine
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