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Rip It Up and Start Again
Penguin Group US 2006; US$ 17.00Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style... more...
John Lydon: Stories of Johnny
Chrome Dreams 2007; US$ 12.00A set of stand-alone essays written by the cream of rock music's commentators?among them Rob Johnstone, Clinton Heylin, Legs McNeill, Greil Marcus, Kris Needs, Judy Nylon, Alan Clayson, and Nigel Williamson?this work could well be the final word on the symbol of 1970 punk they once called "Rotten." Love him or hate him, 30 years after the release... more...
I, Doll
Chicago Review Press 2009; US$ 19.95When the New York Dolls' bassist died suddenly at age 55 in 2004, he left behind not only their timeless music?and many thousands of fans and friends?but a memoir of the Dolls' early years. This distinctive and extroverted voice of an undisciplined showman is presented with an introduction and epilogue by his widow, Barbara. This up close and personal... more...
London's Burning
Chicago Review Press 2009; US$ 14.95The summer of 1976 through the summer of 1977 was the most significant year in British rock history, when punk rock rose from a murmur on the streets to a roar of defiance that still reverberates today. This collection of vivid memories of concerts and cultural flash points focuses on what was happening on the streets and in the clubs, answering... more...
The Portable Henry Rollins
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 19.95Henry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word. As Details magazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year: "through two decades of rage and discipline, Henry Rollins has transformed himself from an L.A. punk rocker into a universal soldier. His enemies:... more...
Punks
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 35.00Unlike other volumes on the punk era that focus on just the musicÑand primarily on British punk bandsÑPunks: A Guide to an American Subculture spans the full expanse of punk as it happened in the United States, from the late-1960s blast from Iggy Pop and the Stooges to the full explosion of punk in the mid 1970s to its next-generation resurgences... more...
Icons of R&B and Soul [Two Volumes]
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 175.00Drawn from a mosaic of influences, including folk, gospel, and blues, R&B represents both everything that came before and nothing that was heard before. This is the music that bridged the gap between audiences and helped, at the very height of racism in America, to dismantle racial barriers. So much of today's music is derived directly from the highly... more...
American Hardcore
Feral House 2010; US$ 22.95The iconic, best-selling punk history receives over 125 new images and thirty new interviews. more...









