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Jon Savage (born 2 September 1953 [1] in Paddington, London) is an English writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his definitive history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England's Dreaming (1991). Career. Savage read Classics at Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating in 1975.
May 22, 2024 · Non-Fiction. Add to myFT. The Secret Public — how the gay experience drove a 20th-century cultural revolution. Jon Savage’s dizzyingly detailed account of the shift in attitudes from the...
Nov 20, 2015 · 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded by Jon Savage review – the year pop culture exploded. From the nuclear threat to LSD and women’s liberation, this is music writing as social history. Bob ...
Jul 14, 2021 · The new edition of England’s Dreaming is out now via Faber & Faber and Rough Trade as part of the bundle including two other pivotal Savage’s books – Teenage and 1966. Among the variety of works on the history of punk, England’s Dreaming: The Sex Pistols and Punk Rock by Jon Savage remains one of the most meticulous and striking ...
Aug 7, 2021 · Culture Books. Bloody Old Britain: An Interview With Jon Savage. Read later. With Faber publishing new editions of his books, *Teenage*, *1966*, and *England's Dreaming*, Jon Savage talks to Owen Hatherley about post-war Britain and its discontents. Owen Hatherley Published 8:41am 7 August 2021. All photos by Jon Savage.
Writer profile of Jon Savage. From Rock's Backpages: The ultimate library of rock music writing and journalism. Thousands of articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day. Read the best writing on rock music here.
Mar 24, 2019 · M usic journalist Jon Savage, 65, has wanted to write a book about Joy Division for as long as he can remember. But the spark for his new oral history of the band, This Searing Light, the Sun...
