t h e b o o k
by Dave Rimmer.
Paperback - 128 pages (May 2003)
Omnibus Press; ISBN: 0711993963
synopsis:
AFTER PUNK, POP CULTURE WANTED TO DAZZLE AGAIN. FASHION AND STYLE WERE THE
MEANS AND THE NEW ROMANTICS TOOK THEM TO THE LIMIT.
BUT THE NEW ROMANTIC MOVEMENT WAS MORE THAN JUST A REACTION AGAINST THE
ANTI-GLAMOUR OF PUNK.... AND THE MUSIC WAS ONLY PART OF THE STORY.
THE CLUBS AND THE CABARETS, THE CLOTHES, THE GLITTER, THE MAKE-UP, THE HAIR,
THE FASHION, THE ATTITUDE AND THE STYLE ALL MADE UP THE LOOK - AND THE LOOK
WAS EVERYTHING.
THE NEW ROMANTICS EXPLORES THE VARIED ROOTS OF THE MOVEMENT, USING
INTERVIEWS WITH THE STARS AND TRACING A RANGE OF INFLUENCES FROM DAVID BOWIE
TO THE MOVIE CABARET AND THE BERLIN OF THE 1930's. INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH:
MARTIN KEMP, BOY GEORGE, STEVE STRANGE.
The New Romantics rose from the ashes of punk and celebrated the spirit of David Bowie at clubs throughout the UK. Dave Rimmer assesses the style and impact of Boy George, Steve Strange, Spandau Ballet and others who drove this media friendly, club-based 80s style movement that mixed music with fashion, entrepreneurialism and art.
