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Get in the Van

Get in the Van more books like this

by Henry Rollins

Rollins, a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag, shares his wry and raucous detailed tour diaries that provide a blistering account of a six-year career with the band.

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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk more books like this

by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain

Sometimes harrowing, often hilarious, PLEASE KILL ME is a history of the birth of punk rock told by many of the people involved. Starting with the Velvet Underground, one of the bands that provided inspiration for the movement, Legs McNeil and co-author Gillian McCain interview members of the New York Dolls and the MC5, as well as Iggy Pop, ...

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American Hardcore: A Tribal History

American Hardcore: A Tribal History more books like this

by Steven Blush

A former record label owner and radio DJ offers the first history of hardcore, a musical response to the angst of punk and new wave. Photos & illustrations.

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Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984

Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 more books like this

by Siimon Reynolds

A renowned music journalist celebrates the futuristic spirit of the post-punk bands and their endless innovations to recreate the idealism, urgency, and excitement of one of the most important and challenging periods in the history of popular music.

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Made in the UK: The Music of Attitude 1977-1983

Made in the UK: The Music of Attitude 1977-1983 more books like this

by Janette Beckman (Photographer), Vivien Goldman, Paolo Hewitt

?The mid-1970s was England's darkest, dreariest hour. The UK was sliding deeper into unemployment, reeling from strike after strike, power cuts, the three-day work week, and IRA bombs. It was time for a new order and in London's restless streets a handful of snotty young men, feisty females, and first generation Jamaican musicians created the UK's ...

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Sid Vicious: Rock 'n' Roll Star

Sid Vicious: Rock 'n' Roll Star more books like this

by Malcolm Butt

This riveting biography chronicles the 21 years of Sid Vicious's anarchic life, from his disturbing childhood and early exposure to drugs to his infamous stint as bass player for the Sex Pistols, from his obsession with violence and self-mutilation to his death from a drug overdose in New York's Chelsea Hotel.

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My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, the Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived Into the Mainstream

My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, the Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived Into the Mainstream more books like this

by Matt Diehl

Music journalist Diehl traces the history of Rnew punkS and exposes how this once cult sound became a mainstream phenomenon.

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The Philosophy of Punk

The Philosophy of Punk more books like this

by Craig O'Hara, Craig C'Hara

Contents Introduction by Marc Bayard Preface by the author Why Punk: Background comparisons with previous art movements; some defining characteristics of punk. Media Misrepresentations: How television, glossy magazines, and mindless mass media have done their best to defang the beast. Skinheads: Who they are, where they're from and do they have to ...

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We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews

We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews more books like this

by Daniel Sinker (Editor)

Updated with six more interviews and a new introduction, the expanded edition of We Owe You Nothing brings the definitive book of conversations with the underground's greatest minds up to 2007. New interviews include talks with bands like The Gossip and Maritime, a conversation with punk legend Bob Mould, and more . . . in addition to the classic ...

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In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992

In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992 more books like this

by Greil Marcus

Was punk just another moment in music history, a flash in time when a group of young rebels exploded in a fury of raw sound? Greil Marcus delves into the afterlife of punk as a much richer phenomenon - a form of artistic and social rebellion that continually erupts into popular culture. In more than 70 short pieces written over 15 years, Marcus ...

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Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs more books like this

by Don Bolles, Adam Parfrey, Brendan Mullen

Born Paul Beahm to a mother between husbands and a Swedish sailor father he never met, Darby Crash had suffered the loss of his stepfather and his elder brother to a heart attack and a drug overdose, respectively, by the time he was 11. Highly intelligent yet chronically self-destructive, and also an obsessive David Bowie fan, Crash attended an ...

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Ramones: The Complete Twisted History more books like this

by Dick Porter

Fifty black-and-white photos are included in this story of the band that was as trashy as last weeks garbage and as all-American as the eagle on their logo. "If there were a Punk Rock Hall of Fame . . . the Ramones would be the first inducted."--Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.

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The Cramps: A Short History of Rock'n'roll Psychosis more books like this

by Dick Porter

Lux Interior (Erick Purkhiser) and Poison Ivy Rorschach (Kristy Wallace) formed The Cramps in the late 1970s. They quickly gained acclaim, notoriety, and hitmaker status for campy, sexy studio LPs like "Songs the Lord Taught Us" and "Gravest Hits, " as well as for their legendary, over-the-top concerts that brought to mind circus freak shows. This ...

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Punk: The Illustrated History of a Music Revolution more books like this

by Adrian Boot

In a uniquely graphic, outsized, full-color design that incorporates more than 200 photographs--many previously unpublished--Punk traces the rise of punk as both a music and a worldwide movement. 175 color photos, 25 b&w photos.

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Head-On/Repossessed more books like this

by Julian Cope

Julian Cope's highly acclaimed autobiography and its long-awaited sequel in one extraordinary volume. When Julian Cope published 'Head On' in 1994 he received astounding reviews: "Visceral, ballsy, bitchy, brutal, beautifully written. Book of the year. Made my heart burst". -- The Observer "...an enthralling saga of bitchiness, betrayal and ...

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Punk: The Definitive Record of a Revolution more books like this

by Stephen Colegrave, Chris Sullivan

Re-creating the complete story of the Punk phenomenonincluding where it came from and what it turned intoPunk is a massive and visually stunning record of five years that changed the world: 1975-1979. Collecting the testimony of more than 260 artists, record producers, designers, and journalistsincluding John Cale, Debbie Harry, Joe Strummer, ...

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Ramones' Ramones more books like this

by Professor Nicholas Rombes

The dumbest band with the dumbest tunes - but still they transcend all other groups as the ground zero of rock, reduced to its crudest essence. This, their first album is a brutal combination of 60s pop and garage punk with adolescent tales of girls and sniffing glue.

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We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk more books like this

by Marc Spitz, Brendan Mullen, Brenden Mullen

The characteristically unconventional West Coast punk rock explosion, which occurred around the same time as that of New York, gets its own chronicle with Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen's WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB, a gritty oral history of the rise of California punk. Unsurprisingly, many of the same cast of characters who populate the annals of New ...

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Skinhead more books like this

by Nick Night, Nick Knight

This title presents a handbook of the potent skinhead cult. It traces the development of the skinhead movement in England, describes the characteristics and behaviour of these gangs, and explains their attitudes towards school, the police, and the government.

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Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo more books like this

by Andy Greenwald

"Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo" tells the story of a cultural moment that's happening right now-the nexus point where teen culture, music, and the web converge to create something new.While shallow celebrities dominate the headlines, pundits bemoan the death of the music industry, and the government decries teenagers for their ...

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From the Velvets to the Voidoids: The Birth of American Punk Rock more books like this

by Clinton Heylin

Exhaustively researched and packed with unique insights, this history journeys from the punk scene's roots in the mid-1960s to the arrival of 'new wave' in the early 1980s. With a cast that includes Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Television, Blondie, the Ramones, the MC5, the Stooges, Talking Heads, and the Dead Boys, this account is the definitive story ...

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Punk: The Whole Story more books like this

by Mojo Magazine (Creator), Debbie Harry (Foreword by)

Thirty years ago, a bunch of angst-ridden British kids kicked off the AnarchyTour in the UK and unwittingly started a revolution. From the Sex Pistols andThe Clash to green Day, this fully illustrated chronicle from "MOJO" magazineserves up punk in all its glory.

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Punk: Loud, Young & Snotty: The Story Behind the Songs more books like this

by Steven Wells

It has been over twenty-five years since punk rock transformed the landscape of music and popular culture, but the significance of the era continues to endure. Whether you take your Year Zero from The Stooges in 1969 or the heady bile of The Clash and Sex Pistols, it's impossible to overstate the importance of punk. This book examines the songs ...

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Punk 365 more books like this

by Holly George-Warren, Richard Hell (Foreword by)

More than thirty years ago, a dark rumble of noise gurgled up from the Lower East Side of New York City, made its way across the atlantic to Great Britain, zigzagged back over the pond to the West Coast, and exploded. Its name - Punk. In "Punk 365", the most provocative photography documents the performances, the looks and the attitude that ...

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Doolittle more books like this

by Ben Sisario

The Pixies have had a career unlike any other in alternative rock, disappearing as not-quite-the-next-big-things only to become gods in absentia. "Doolittle" is their knotty masterpiece, the embodiment of the Pixies' abrasive, exuberant, enigmatic pop. Informed by exclusive interviews with the band, Sisario looks at the making of the album and its ...

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