Contents
The 1970s
Introduction 3
Xerox Machine! 9
The 1980s
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Like a Virgin 13
The Stone Roses 18
Rudimentary Peni 22
A Guy Called Gerald 27
Nirvana 30
Tackhead 41
The 1990s
The Fall 49
Andrew Weatherall and Terry Farley 54
Summer 1990: The Madness of the Summer of Hope 70
The Stone Roses: Spike Island 76
James 79
The Manic Street Preachers 90
Sonic Youth 98
Aphex Twin 103
The Manic Street Preachers (2) 107
The Cure 122
Nirvana (2) 130
The Charlatans 137
The 2000s
Einstürzende Neubauten 145
Anthony Wilson 160
Linder 179
Mick Jones 190
Jason Orange: I Bet You Looked Good on the 209
Dancefloor
Poly Styrene 214
Noel Gallagher 238
The 2010s
Lemmy 257
World of Twist: The Great Lost Band 268
Michael Gira (Swans) 274
Daniel Ash (Bauhaus) 292
Jordan 313
Echo & the Bunnymen 327
Steve Albini 345
The 2020s
Peter Hook: In-Depth Interview on Ian Curtis and 365
Joy Division
Jason Williamson (Sleaford Mods) 378
A Note on the Author 385
Supporters 387
