In 1984 author Charles Neal set about interviewing the major protagonists working in sound, word and image. Concentrating on the most challenging and confrontational, he deliberately chose those individuals and groups most at odds with the mainstream. His aim to produce a collection that reflected the cutting edge of the Eighties underground.

With only his tape recorder as defence, he solicited hundreds of hours of interview material, as well as photos, original writing and illustrations. His findings were as intriguing and diverse as the artists included. Often encompassing the taboo and perverse, the opinions of Nick Cave, Genesis P.Orridge and Michael Gira now read like lone voices against the tide of creeping commerciality that abounded in the Eighties music scene.

ISBN: 0 946719 02 0
256 pages (illustrated) - Paperback

Revised Version Publication:
November 2001

TAPE DELAY
Confessions from the Eighties Underground

Charles Neal

Contributors to Tape Delay include:

Marc Almond - Dave Ball - Cabaret Voltaire - Nick Cave - Chris & Cosey - Coil - Einsturzende Neubauten - The Fall - Diamanda Galas - Genesis P. Orridge - Michael Gira - The Hafler Trio - Matt Johnson (The The) - Laibach - Lydia Lunch - New Order - Psychic TV - Boyd Rice - Henry Rollins - Clint Ruin - Sonic Youth - Stevo - Mark Stewart - Swans - Test Dept. - David Tibet (Current 93)

"Tape Delay is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive attempt so far to link together the large number of innovative noise-orientated bands to have emerged from the indie ghetto." Sounds

"Overall, this is a truly superb book which anyone even half interested in any of the artists covered should invest in." Impulse Magazine "Intriguing and interesting".
Q Magazine

"Arguably the best genre book of all time"
Music From The Empty Quarter

"A collection of interviews with over 25 of the most interesting musicians from the past decade or so into a journo-free peek at the 80s underground". Record Collector

"Anyone interested in underground electronic music will love this book".
Future Music

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