{"id":22505,"date":"2026-10-29T14:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/?p=22505"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:04:44","slug":"jg-thirlwell-appears-at-talk-about-german-alternative-scene-with-gudrun-gut-vivien-goldman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/news\/jg-thirlwell-appears-at-talk-about-german-alternative-scene-with-gudrun-gut-vivien-goldman\/","title":{"rendered":"JG Thirlwell appears at talk about German Alternative scene with Gudrun Gut, Vivien Goldman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/out-there-is-hostile-sq-formatkey-avif-default-300x300.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/out-there-is-hostile-sq-formatkey-avif-default-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/out-there-is-hostile-sq-formatkey-avif-default-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/out-there-is-hostile-sq-formatkey-avif-default-768x768.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/out-there-is-hostile-sq-formatkey-avif-default-210x210.avif 210w, https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/out-there-is-hostile-sq-formatkey-avif-default.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a generation of young Germans became infected by the punk virus. Not for them schlager-schmaltz, smiling chart pop, droning kosmische: they craved voltage, attitude, rewiring. Their enemies were multiple: capitalism, boredom, housewifery, piety, the spectre of nuclear war. In punk\u2014its sounds and attitudes\u2014they found an alternative community. Bands were formed, fanzines scribbled, DIY labels started, clubs and underground venues developed. Wild, inventive music emerged\u2014<strong>Malaria!, DAF, \u00c4bwarts, Einst\u00fcrzende Neubaten, Die T\u00f6dliche Doris. <\/strong>Angles and edge, raw rhythms, the dance floor deconstructed.<\/p>\n<p>A p<span class=\"webfont-medium\">anel discussion<\/span> <span class=\"mx-1\">at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goethe.de\/ins\/us\/en\/sta\/ney\/ver.cfm?wt_nl=NEY2609&amp;event_id=27356569\"><strong>Goethe-Institut<\/strong><\/a> in NYC<\/span>&nbsp;brings together three of the most revered and restless figures of the punk and post-punk era. <strong>Gudrun Gut<\/strong>, <strong>JG Thirlwell<\/strong>, and <strong>Vivien Goldman<\/strong> will discuss the musical and social revolutions they experienced in Germany, the ways in which punk questioned the freedoms offered by the state, its post-unification legacies. What does\u2014could\u2014German punk mean in 2026?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goethe.de\/ins\/us\/en\/sta\/ney\/ver.cfm?wt_nl=NEY2609&amp;event_id=27356569\"><span class=\"mx-1\">Goethe-Institut<\/span><\/a><\/strong> 30 Irving Place New York, NY 10003. November 5 2026 6.30pm &#8211; 8.30pm. Free admission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a generation of young Germans became infected by the punk virus. Not for them schlager-schmaltz, smiling chart pop, droning kosmische: they craved voltage, attitude, rewiring. Their enemies were multiple: capitalism, boredom, housewifery, piety, the spectre of nuclear war. In punk\u2014its sounds and attitudes\u2014they found an alternative community. Bands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2318,2317,2320,2319,2323,2321,649,2316,2322],"class_list":["post-22505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-abwarts","tag-daf","tag-die-todliche-doris","tag-einsturzende-neubaten","tag-goethe-institut","tag-gudrun-gut","tag-jg-thirlwell","tag-malaria","tag-vivien-goldman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22505"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22509,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22505\/revisions\/22509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}