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I Slept with Joey Ramone
Touchstone 2011; US$ 15.99When the Ramones recorded their debut album in 1976, it heralded the true birth of punk rock. Unforgettable front man Joey Ramone gave voice to the disaffected youth of the seventies and eighties, and the band influenced the counterculture for decades to come. With honesty, humor, and grace, Joey?s brother, Mickey Leigh, shares a fascinating, intimate... more...
Totally Wired
Faber and Faber 2009; US$ 21.86From the author of the bestselling post-punk history Rip It Up and Start Again comes a formidable companion book of conversations. more...
Fury's Hour
Random House of Canada 2011; US$ 27.00No-holds-barred political strategist Warren Kinsella?s colourful, no-holds-barred look at punk rock, and how it influenced him and millions of other kids to strive for nothing less than changing the world. Playing bass for Calgary punk-rock quartet the Hot Nasties might seem a strange way for one of Canada?s top political strategists to have spent... more...
A Multitude of Sins: Golden Brown, The Stranglers and Strange Little Girls
HarperCollins Publishers 2011; Not AvailableAutobiography by the singer and creative force of 70s rock group The Stranglers. more...
Dharma Punx
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Fueled by the music of revolution, anger, fear, and despair, we dyed our hair or shaved our heads ... Eating acid like it was candy and chasing speed with cheap vodka, smoking truckloads of weed, all in a vain attempt to get numb and stay numb. This is the story of a young man and a generation of angry youths who rebelled against their parents and... more...
Performing Class in British Popular Music
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 95.00This new study of British popular music shows how it engages with class in mythical ways that allow audiences to perform class-based identities. Case studies on folk rock, punk and indie rock show how this performance works and explore the implications for listeners and audiences. more...
Nobody Likes You
Hyperion 2006; US$ 13.95The full story of the rise and spectacular comeback of the band hailed as the saviors of punk rock and the next U2 It's hard to believe that in early 2004 Green Day was considered over -- the band was still together, but they were dismissed as a strictly 90s phenomenon, incapable of re-creating the success of their groundbreaking album Dookie .... more...
His Bright Light
Transworld 2009; US$ 10.67This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold and a tortured soul.' From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By nineteen, he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful story of the son she lost and the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness. Sharing tender, painful... more...
Ska'd for Life
Pan Macmillan UK 2007; US$ 18.03As bass player with the Specials, in his second-hand suit and pork pie hat, Horace Panter was a member of one of the most innovative and exciting bands to come snarling out of the punk era. Founded by Jerry Damners, their fusion of punk, reggae and ska created a new musical fashion, spearheaded by their own record label Two Tone. They stood for unity... more...
My Bass and Other Animals
Orion 2008; US$ 22.64Guy Pratt came of age just as playing bass became cool, with the likes of Paul Simonon and Bruce Foxton. Having dallied with Funkapolitan, Pratt suddenly found himself on Top of the Pops and supporting David Bowie with smooth Australian outfit Icehouse. At a ludicrously young age Guy Pratt became a sought after bass player to the stars, finding himself... more...









