A critic right-footed by history - not through the success of his coinage "afterpunk" (postpunk would be the winner there) but through siding with the right side in the schism of Artpunk versus Realpunk
(also known as Street Punk and later Oi!)
"Consuming Passion" was an overview-oriented column Frith and others did in Melody Maker - this was a time when MM was giving NME a run for its money on the writing front, if not the design. Along with Frith, the team included Jon Savage, Mary Harron, Vivien Goldman, Chris Bohn, Ian Birch, James Truman, Idris Walters, as well as veteran staffers like Richard Williams, Michael Watts, Allan Jones, Brian Case....
Did Frith return to the band after Y came out?
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