A history of the great British comedy tradition of the twentieth century to the present day.
David Stubbs is a British author and music journalist. Alongside Simon Reynolds, he was one of the co-founders of the Oxford magazine Monitor before going on to join the staff at Melody Maker. He later worked for NME, Uncut and Vox, as well as the Wire. His work has appeared in The Times, Sunday Times, Spin, Guardian, Quietus and GQ. He has written a number of books, including Fear Of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don't Get Stockhausen, Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany and Mars by 1980: The Story of Electronic Music. He lives in London.
'Stubbs is a joy to read.', MOJO on MARS BY 1980 'So well researched and filled with such enthusiasm for its subject that it absorbs from start to finish.', Observer, on FUTURE DAYS 'The cultural and critical history the genre deserves, a joyful testament to the transformative power of art.', The Quietus, on FUTURE DAYS
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