A Field Guide to ... delves into music’s most influential genres to uncover the innovators and agitators who changed music history forever.

In A Field Guide to Post-Punk & New Wave, Steve Wide explores the scenes that arose from the ashes of punk. From Joy Division’s atmospheric and revolutionary Unknown Pleasures and The Smiths’ melancholic musings, to the brilliant synth-driven hooks of Talking Heads and The Human League, this book examines the artists and albums, music labels, fashion, who’s who and hangabouts that defined the era.