Like Punk Never Happened

The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club, and British pop music in the 1980s.

New expanded edition, with a foreword by Neil Tennant

Features a bonus chapter on Duran Duran and a New afterword
Speaks from the centrre of pop's beating heart. Dylan Jones
'A controversial and honest account.' NME

A story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving and provocative insider account of the roller-coaster ride that was Boy George & Culture Club and the new '80s pop.

'Rimmer is among the most entertaining writers ever to pen a rock book.'
Rock and Roll Confidential

The funniest, smartest book I know about the connections between pop glitter and real-life human passion, the erotics of fandom, or the dirty details.
Rob Sheffield, author of Talking to Girls about Duran Duran

As sharp a study of British pop as we'll get.
Simon Frith, City Limits