Zip It Up!

<p>From 1974 to 1984 <em>Trouser Press</em> - once billed as America's Only British Rock Magazine but later called by some the bible of alternative rock - provided enthusiastic coverage of independently made and released music as well as artists from many genres: glam punk new wave reggae techno-pop many of them early in their now-legendary careers.</p><p><br></p><p>This anthology edited and newly annotated by one of the magazine's co-founders is an immersion in rock journalism of a form that is no longer widely practiced: features that go deep into artists' history and interviews that ask the impertinent questions all written with wit intelligence and a willful expression of opinions and values.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>In 446 pages this large-format paperback collects more than 90 of the best articles - profiles interviews and histories - that appeared in the magazine. </span></p><p><br></p><p>Artists featured include Adam Ant Syd Barrett Black Flag Ritchie Blackmore Blondie Kate Bush Cheap Trick Clash Elvis Costello the Cure Devo</p><p>Brian Eno Eurythmics Bryan Ferry Robert Fripp Gang of Four Genesis the Go-Go's Human League Joan Jett Joy Division Kinks Kiss Nick Lowe Malcolm McLaren New York Dolls Andrew Loog Oldham Jimmy Page Iggy Pop Public Image Ltd. Ramones Lou Reed R.E.M. Residents Todd Rundgren Sex Pistols Small Faces Sparks Television Peter Tosh T. Rex U2 the Who X X-Ray Spex and Frank Zappa.</p>