Manchester: Looking for the Light through the Pouring Rain, Paperback/Kevin Cummins

Manchester, its bands, its fashions, its attitude, has defined pop culture for the best part of four decades. Whether it be on a rain-soaked stage in Brazil, a rented room in Whalley Range, or on the dancefloor of the legendary Hacienda, Kevin Cummins ' exquisite photographs capture the anarchic energy of the Manchester pop moment.