Results for: books tagged ‘Punk’
The Faber Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music: Phil Hardy
The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music has established itself as the classic reference work in this area. From ABBA to ZZ Top, through Noel Coward, The Skatalites and ... More
The Fortress of Solitude: Jonathan Lethem
From the prize-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn, a daring, riotous, sweeping novel that spins the tale of two friends and their adventures in late 20th-century America.This is the story of ... More
England's Dreaming: Jon Savage
Jon Savage's Ralph Gleason Award-winning England's Dreaming is the ultimate book on punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and their time: the late 1970s. Full of anedcote, insight, and exclusive ... More
Lipstick Traces: Greil Marcus
A cult classic in a new edition. This book is about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called 'Anarchy in the UK' was issued in London, and ... More
Rip it Up and Start Again: Simon Reynolds
Punk revitalized rock in the mid-Seventies, but the movement soon degenerated into self-parody. Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length celebration of what happened next: post-punk bands ... More
The Dark Stuff: Nick Kent
In The Dark Stuff Nick Kent profiles twenty-two of the most gifted and self-destructive talents in rock history. From Brian Wilson to Syd Barrett, the Rolling Stones to Neil Young, ... More
tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ!: Mike Packer
We're artists with integrity! We ain't for sale! You can't buy us!In 1977, when punk was at its height, Billy Abortion's bandmates left him bleeding to death in a Copenhagen ... More
The Importance of Music to Girls: Lavinia Greenlaw
The Importance of Music to Girls tells the story of the adventures that music leads us into - getting drunk, falling in love, cutting our hair, wanting to change the ... More
Hang the DJ: Edited by Angus Cargill
Always debatable, lists about musical loves and hates, dreams and nightmares - take part at www.hang-the-dj.com. More
Totally Wired: Simon Reynolds
From the author of bestselling post-punk history Rip It Up and Start Again comes a companion book of conversations with the brilliant minds behind the movement. More
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