Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s

Mad World is a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins wit…

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