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He was also stupendously influential in post-punk music - not for the music (Ballard had zero interest in music) but for the lyrics. He supplied the imagery for
by davidgerard 3y ago
He was also stupendously influential in post-punk music - not for the music (Ballard had zero interest in music) but for the lyrics. He supplied the imagery for the subgenre. I wrote about it a bit here: https://rocknerd.co.uk/2016/10/25/j-g-ballard-and-music-how-to-write-the-entire-new-wave-into-being/ https://rocknerd.co.uk/2016/10/25/j-g-ballard-and-music-how-...
- andybak 3y agoWithout looking and off the top of my head - Joy Division, John Foxx-era Ultravox, Gary Numan (probably by way of John Foxx... Erm. There are others. Can I peek now?
- davidgerard 3y ago"Warm Leatherette" by The Normal as covered by Grace Jones! but yeah. Ballard supplied the imagery for the New Wave.