Pop culture and technology: The shock of the new | John Robb | TEDxExeterSalon

From Kraftwerk to the iPhone, John Robb considers the complex relationship between technology and pop culture. He explores how technological advances have impacted on artists while putting music fans at the centre of pop culture, for better or worse.

John is a music journalist and singer who put together his cult band the Membranes in 1977. A regular radio and TV pundit and presenter, John has written several best-selling books and is editor-in-chief of music culture website louderthanwar.com, as well as fronting a reformed Membranes.

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Filming: http://firstsightmedia.co.uk/ John Robb was born in Blackpool, fired by the punk rock DIY ethic he put together his legendary cult band the Membranes. At the same time he started his own fanzine before moving onto the music press and writing for Sounds where he coined the phrase Britpop and was the first person to interview Nirvana, the Stone Roses and the whole of the emerging Manchester scene. From this platform he went onto be regular radio and TV pundit and presenter and author of best selling music culture books including ‘Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British pop’ and ‘the oral History Of Punk rock. He is currently the boss of one of the UK’s main music culture website www.louderthanwar.com, fronts a reformed Membranes whose critically acclaimed Dark Matter/Dark Energy album combined the Universe into life and death an a post punk trip. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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