PUNK
What is punk? Punk can be whatever you want it to be. So the subjects of the publications in this section may not all seem "punk" to you - but hey, applying rules ain't punk either.
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Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway
$15.99In this candid autobiography, Cherie Currie—the original lead singer of ‘70s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways—powerfully recounts her years in the band, her friendship with guitarist Joan Jett, and her struggle with drugs. Learn More -
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From The American Indie Underground 1981 - 1991
$16.99This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith is already being recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right. Learn More -
Passion Is A Fashion: The Real Story Of The Clash
$18.95The only internationally successful, million-selling group to emerge from the late seventies London punk scene. Learn More -
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History Of Punk
$16.00Sex, drugs, and America's most misunderstood pop movement! Learn More -
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll
$16.00Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. Learn More -
Punk '77: An Inside Look at the San Francisco Rock n' Roll Scene, 1977
$17.50More than just a new direction in music, punk rock ignited a cultural revolution. Its intense, exciting emergence in the Bay Area is captured in Punk 77. Learn More -
Punk Rock: An Oral History
$19.95With its own fashion, culture, and chaotic energy, punk rock boasted a do-it-yourself ethos that allowed anyone to take part. Learn More -
Pussy Riot!: A Punk Prayer For Freedom
$12.95"Can music change the world? Only in very special circumstances. Once in a generation, a band can create a moment on which society turns. Through your brave actions you have provided Russia with such a moment. Your fellow musicians stand with you."—Billy Bragg Learn More -
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
$12.00Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands, their music - odd,spare, cranky and repetitious - an acknowledged influence on The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. Learn More
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