Breaking Taboo - Recalling the Spirit of Leigh Bowerys London (Paperback)

Paperback. In that mid-80s moment, between the Blitz Kids and the Acid apocalypse, London's underground lit a final fuse.From the ruins of punk and the shimmer of glam came a queer eruption of style, sex and surreal spectacle. At the centre was Leigh Bowery and his club Taboo, but the spirit belonged to many.In Breaking Taboo, 22 voices channel the rise and devastating fall of this new generation of artists and visionaries for whom identity was performance, fashion was resistance - and the nightclub their battlefield. An unflinching oral history of a scene that flourished between the era of the New Romantics and the dawn of Acid House a fleeting, transgressive moment in London nightlife where style, sex, and sabotage collided. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.