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Mad World is a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song but leads to stories of their history and place in the scene, ultimately painting a vivid picture of this colorful, idiosyncratic time. Mixtape suggestions, fashion sidebars, and quotes from famous contemporary admirers help fill out the fun. Participants include members of Duran Duran, New Order, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Adam Ant, Echo and the Bunnymen, Devo, ABC, Spandau Ballet, A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins, and INXS.,
About the Author
I'm a diehard Duran Duran fan, so it's appropriate that my first book is the forthcoming Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s (Abrams; April 15, 2014). Co-authored by my BFF Jonathan Bernstein, it's a fun, full-color salute to the music of Duran Duran, The Smiths, New Order, Tears For Fears, Depeche Mode, Human League, OMD, Echo and the Bunnymen, Adam and the Ants, and many more! In all-new interviews, the artists discuss their breakthrough hits, along with the culture of the times, the highlights of their careers, the downfalls, the fights, the money, the madness and, of course, the hair! Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes has penned the foreword, and fellow new-wave obsessive Moby, the afterword.Jonathan and I met during the grunge years, when he was a senior writer and I was an intern at Spin magazine. I went on to edit magazines -- think: Teen People, Us Weekly, Entertainment Weekly and YM -- and write features for the likes of RollingStone.com, Yahoo! Music, The Guardian, Women's Health and Yahoo! Shine.An avowed vegan, I live in Weehawken, NJ -- which is also my hometown, and where I once ran a Too Much Information: the Definitive Duranzine out of my parents' apartment. My husband, John, and cats, Baxter and Little Boy, love the eighties almost as much as I do. (Actually, my husband may even love them more!)
