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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The Primal Screamer
$14.95A gothic horror novel about severe mental distress and punk rock, this narrative is written in the form of a diary kept by a psychiatrist, Dr. Rodney H. Dweller, concerning his patient, Nathaniel Snoxell, brought to him in 1979 because of several attempted suicides. Learn More -
The Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology
$14.95Paolo Hewitt, celebrated former NME scribe and acclaimed biographer of Steve Marriott, The Jam, and Oasis, collects the best writing on the original, and peculiarly British, cult of mod. Revised and updated. Learn More -
The Stooges: Head On: A Journey Through the Michigan Underground
$19.95"With each 'Stooge' getting close to equal billing, Callwood's research results in a thorough exploration - and explanation - of the band's seismic importance to the Detroit music scene. Interesting, amusing, and engaging, The Stooges will enlighten even the biggest Stooges fan." -TL, Rhythm Learn More -
The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge
$18.95Grunge isn’t dead — but was it ever truly alive? Learn More -
This Is A Call: The Life And Times Of Dave Grohl
$16.99This Is a Call, the first in-depth, definitive biography of Dave Grohl, tells the epic story of a singular career that includes Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures. Learn More -
Totally Wired: Post-Punk Interviews And Overviews
$16.95With his critically acclaimed Rip It Up and Start Again, renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds applied a unique understanding to an entire generation of musicians working in the wake of punk rock. Learn More -
Touch Me I'm Sick (pH Classics)
$18.00Poised at the epicenter of an explosive underground scene, photographer Charles Peterson witnessed the birth of a brash new era of music that grabbed the world by its throat and refused to let go. Learn More -
Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond 1977-1981
$19.95This gritty chronicle illustrates the emergence of punk rock in Toronto for the first time. Learn More -
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
$19.95A roller-coaster, inside story of life, love, and loss with one of the cult seminal postpunk bands of the 1970s and 1980s, with rare photographs. Learn More -
Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story
$17.95The proximity of the East L.A. barrio to Hollywood is as close as a short drive on the 101 freeway, but the cultural divide is enormous. Born to Mexican-born and American-naturalized parents, Alicia Armendariz migrated a few miles west to participate in the free-range birth of the 1970s punk movement. Alicia adopted the punk name Alice Bag, and became lead singer for The Bags, early punk visionaries who starred in Penelope Spheeris' documentary The Decline of Western Civilization. Learn More
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