Does our obsession with retro music stop us from moving forward?
Born in London in 1963, Simon Reynolds is a high profile music journalist and writer who likes to explore musical genres from a sociological perspective.
His latest book is Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past. His previous works include The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock’n’roll (1995), Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture (1999), and Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984 (2005).
