Album artwork for Like Punk Never Happened by Dave Rimmer

The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club and British pop music in the 1980s. This new, expanded edition includes a foreword from Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant, a bonus chapter on Duran Duran, and a new afterword.

A story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving and provocative insider account of the roller-coaster ride that was Boy George & Culture Club and the new '80s pop.

Dave Rimmer

Like Punk Never Happened

Faber & Faber
Album artwork for Like Punk Never Happened by Dave Rimmer
Paperback

$14.95

Released 01/24/2023Catalog Number

9780571361083

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Dave Rimmer

Like Punk Never Happened

Faber & Faber
Album artwork for Like Punk Never Happened by Dave Rimmer
Paperback

$14.95

Released 01/24/2023Catalog Number

9780571361083

Learn more

The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club and British pop music in the 1980s. This new, expanded edition includes a foreword from Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant, a bonus chapter on Duran Duran, and a new afterword.

A story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving and provocative insider account of the roller-coaster ride that was Boy George & Culture Club and the new '80s pop.