With his critically acclaimedRip It Up andStart Again, renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds applied a uniqueunderstanding to an entire generation of musicians working in the wakeof punk rock. Spawning artists as singular as Talking Heads, JoyDivision, The Specials, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Gang of Four, andDevo, postpunk achieved new relevance in the first decade of thetwenty-first century through its profound influence on bands such asRadiohead, Franz Ferdinand, and Vampire Weekend.WithTotally Wiredtheconversation continues. The book features thirty-two interviews withpostpunk's most innovative personalities-such as Ari Up, Jah Wobble,David Byrne, and Lydia Lunch - alongside an "overview" section of furtherreflections from Reynolds on postpunk's key icons and crucial scenes.Included among them are John Lydon and PIL, Ian Curtis and Joy Division,and art-school conceptualists and proto-postpunkers Brian Eno andMalcolm McLaren. Reynolds follows these exceptional, often eccentriccharacters from their beginnings through the highs and lows ofpostpunk's heyday. Crackling with argument and anecdote, Totally Wiredpaints a vivid portrait of individuals struggling against the odds tomake their world as interesting as possible, in the process leaving alegacy of artistic ambition and provocation that reverberates to thisday.