by Clive Young New Wave of the early 1980s may be best remembered for its synthesizers and sleek fashion, but its also marked a turning point where music technology stepped into the spotlight. It's no surprise then that the new book, Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s, captures plenty of in-the-studio stories as it interviews a list of acts that reads like a typical hour of MTV circa 1985, including Duran Duran, New Order, Tears For Fears, The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, INXS, Simple Minds, Human League, Howard Jones, ABC, Depeche Mode, A-Ha and dozens more. |