The Pop Corporation

If you’re looking for a Christmas present for the raver in your life, there’s a fabulous book out dedicated to the legendary Bugged Out! It’s a limited run, so don’t hang around – 3,000 copies and selling quickly.

Tony Wilson (jesus, him again) notoriously said of Bugged Out!: “There was The Twisted Wheel in the sixties, The Electric Circus in the seventies, The Haçienda in the eighties and Bugged Out in the nineties.”

To celebrate the 30th anniversary, Disco Pogo have lovingly put together a really handsome (we’ve bought our copy and can verify) tribute to the club night of legend, and features words from The Chemical Brothers, Hot Chip, 2manydjs, Tiga, Miss Kittin, Erol Alkan and edited by night promoter Johnno Burgess.

They say themselves: “The book is not only a history of Bugged Out but also a chronicle of UK club culture from the mid-1990s to the present day. Told era by era, it reflects shifting fashions – from the utilitarian workwear of the ’90s, to the flamboyant electroclash era, to the neon excess of new rave – as well as the growing dominance of photography, evolving from a handful of disposable ‘fun camera’ shots to today’s flood of professional images in the Instagram age.”

“It is equally a story of the highs and lows of running a club night: from the exhilaration of seeing an idea grow from a 600 capacity club in Manchester in 1994 into a sold-out 12,000-capacity 30th-birthday party in London last year, to the painful, financial losses that came from significant failures.”

It’s £35 for the book and honestly, you’re getting A LOT of book for your, er, buck – this is well worth it if you ever attended, or indeed, have any interest in clubs. Click here to grab yours.