Discomania: Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them

Discomania is a large format 450-page full-colour extravaganza of Disco, Punk & Cinema.Do you believe in Mirrorballs? Alan Jones always has and DISCOMANIA remains his only lifestyle choice, punctuating actions and emotions throughout his entire existence. Everything he has ever felt has been written in Disco.But Jones was also one of the original Punks, working for British designer icon Vivienne Westwood in her World’s End boutique SEX, a DJ for Malcolm McLaren’s revolutionary band the Sex Pistols at their formative gigs, and appeared in their biopic The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle. Not to mention his landmark, front-page ‘Naked Cowboy’ T-shirt arrest, his role in the infamous ‘God Save the Queen’ Jubilee Boat Party and his close friendship with neighbor Sid Vicious.So why did he also embrace the strobe-lit glamour and glitz of the thrilling Disco movement?Through 100-plus deluxe reviews of his all-time top Disco movies from 1973 to the present day, the international film critic, b