Burning britain, written by ian glaser, a longtime punk rock fan one of the reasons this book is enjoyable to read, originally came out 10 years ago, but this updated version includes seven new band entries as well as updated sections on english dogs, chaos uk and the destructors. A member of many diy bands and contributor to countless fanzines, ian lives in the uk and remains passionate and dedicated to punk rock. Glaspers burning britain is a geographically organized guide to the british punk, organized as some 92 34 page biographical essays, each based on a. The history of uk punk 19801984 ebook written by ian glasper. Discharge are an english hardcore punk band formed in 1977 in stokeontrent by terence tezz roberts and royston rainy wainwright. In burning britain, author ian glasper travels the uk and profiles bands such as vice squad, angelic upstarts, blitz, antinowhere league, cockney rejects, and the uk subs in an attempt to give the full history of punk in britain from 1980 to 1984, as according to the bands themselves. Download as docx, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. As a form of british punk associated with skinheads, oi. Burning britain is the sequel to 2016s acclaimed box set action time vision, which documented the independent punk revolution of the late 70s.
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