Hot Love: Swiss Punk & Wave 1976-1980

by Edited

( German language edition ) The legacy of the pioneering Swiss Punk and New Wave scene is explored in all its facets and details the music, people, scenes, cities, events all are documented in chronological order. Filled with graphics, punk fashion, paraphernalia, interviews and stories, and presented in a format that won accolades for its design, this publication is a celebration of a radical and influential period. Includes two fold-out posters which schematically chart all the bands involved and all the musical releases from the period.

324 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2006

Reviews

[Eric Cecil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lg thumpin' coffee-table-sized tome crammed with what I'd assume is the most exhaustive history of Swiss punk this side of wherever. I suppose the main question here follows thus: Do we really even need a step-by-step rundown of Switzerland's nascent p-rock roots? Probably not, given that the first and best-known single from this time/place -- the Nasal Boys' "Hot Love" 45, which, duh, lends its name to this read -- is often cited as the head-and-shoulders best single thereof/in. (Jokers joke: This should've been one page!) But I'll be damned if it isn't as engrossing a read as the typical told-by-those-who-were-there r'n'r bibles that, at this point, you've no doubt dogeared to d-d-death. Besides, it's always refreshing to see how the Euros ran "new music" through their own awkward grinder. Those mustaches aren't ironic, Charlie.

[Oki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fucking beautiful and clearly made by lovely obsessive stalkers of the scene with great care for graphical presentation (it is Swiss after all). A thick coffee table book with funny interviews, pictures (of excellent quality), irreverent and interesting essays, and comes with a huge poster.