About the Book: Reversing into the Future: New Wave Graphics 1978-1988
Packed with exclusive artworks and expert texts, this is the comprehensive guide
to the unforgettable period of New Wave. Having witnessed an emerging generation
of music buyers whod been energised by punk, major record labels and
independents alike went in search of sounds and visions that captured something
of the energy and cheeky attitude of punk, while ignoring its political edge.
New Wave was embraced by the mainstream music and entertainment industries and
used to promote artists who rejected the anti-consumerist, anti-materialistic,
black-and-white nihilism of the original punk movement in favour of a more
optimistic, humorous