Weren't the publishers, i originally intended to "do" Germany and Australia, but ran out of time. To do Deutchsland proper would have entailed another... ooh, 30 , maybe 40, interviews. And being as there's so little English-language documentation on the scene there would have a strong element of stumbling in the dark, ie. i wouldn't have even known the right questions to ask, not having interviews and research resources to prepare with. Even tracking down the people in question would have been a challenge, judging by the attempts I made. I started on it... did Gudrun Gut, sent Thomas Fehlmann questions. But getting informed that DAF wanted copy approval (!) was a major discouragement and in the end i realised it weren't going to happen, for reasons of time and also the book being too long already.
Someone "should" do a European postpunk book but i fear it would be a Herculean labour of love for whoever undertook it, as w/ the exception of the German and Belgian/Dutch scenes I get the impression that homegrown postpunk was a pretty minority interest in most countries.
the EBM scene though was kinda postpunk, and quite popular too, europe-wide, but it falls really outside my timespan
another interesting element is the impact of UK/US acts in Europe -- Tuxedomoon playing arenas in Italy! The Cure breaking in Belgium (if i remember correctly) way WAY before having hits in the UK! Depeche Mode being so MONSTER HUGE in Germany that to this day they have Depeche-raves, events where they mostly play Mode music.