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American Hardcore: A Tribal History
Feral House, 2001. Oversize Softcover. Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately destroyed by infighting and dissonance. This oral history includes photographs, discographies, and a complete national perspective on the genre. Quarto (7' x 10') 6th printing (of first edition); Clean, sound. Creased..... More
Cult Rock Posters: Ten Years of Classic Posters from the Punk, New Wave, and Glam Era
Billboard Books / Watson-Guptill Publications, October 2006. First American. Paper Back. From 1972 to 1982, rock posters-like rock itself--exploded with power and invention. Part visual history, part visceral history, Cult Rock Posters traces the evolution of pop music, from glam to punk to new wave, during a turbulent decade. These..... More
Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer
Thunders Mouth, Nation Books, October 2004. Trade Paperback. Clean, sound, mildly worn. More
Elvis Has Left the Building: The Day the King Died
Overlook Hardcover, July 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Nearly forty years after his death, rock's ultimate legend and prototype just won't go away and his influence and legacy are to be found not just in music today, but the world over. Elvis Presley has permeated the modern world in ways that..... More
Public Works
Drag City, January 2005. First Edition. Soft Cover. Satirical essays and short stories born from the singular imagination of a forerunner of the alternative music scene make up this collection. The works show the songwriter s impressive command of language and distinctive storytelling abilities, combining the best of his dry..... More
Going Underground : American Punk 1979-1992
Zuo Press, 2006. Oversize Softcover. 2nd edition of Zuo Press original paperback with cover photo of the late great Randy Turner (1949 - 2005) singer for Austin legends the Big Boys. Quarto. (8&1/2' x 11') Mild user wear. More
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
Picador, February 1995. Trade Paperback. "I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die..." --"John Lydon" Punk has been romanticized and embalmed in various media. An English class revolt that became a worldwide fashion statement, punk's idols were the Sex Pistols, and its sneering..... More
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll
Anchor, September 1988. Trade Paperback. Vintage 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. More
The Gun is Loaded
Black Dog Publishing, July 2008. Paper Back. The Gun is Loaded narrates Lydia Lunch's evolution from No Wave singer and performer, through art-house actor, to spoken word poet and celebrated author. Featuring prose, poems and narrative alongside her own recent photography projects and a visually stunning collection of archive material..... More
No Wave
Black Dog Publishing, January 2008. Oversize Softcover. "No Wave" traces the history of this noisy and uncompromising genre, from its most famous names down to its many offshoots and sidetracks. From early pioneers like Suicide and Richard Hell, to forgotten treasures like Red Transistor and Bush Tetras, and descendants like..... More
The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story
Abrams, October 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967, the Stooges are icons of modern rock, influencing the fledgling sounds of punk, heavy metal, and hard core. From the beginning, lead singer and provocateur Iggy Pop (b. James Osterberg) astounded audiences with his outrageous stage performances..... More
No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York 1976-1980
Abrams Image, June 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. No Wave is the first book to visually chronicle the collision of art and punk in the New York underground of 1976 to 1980. This in depth look at punk rock, new wave, experimental music, and the avant-garde art movement of the 70s..... More
Rip It Up And Start Again : Postpunk 1978-1984
Penguin Group USA Inc, March 2006. Trade Paperback. Rip 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..... More
Totally Wired: Postpunk Interviews and Overviews
Soft Skull Press, September 2010. Trade Paperback. With 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. Spawning artists as singular as Talking Heads, Joy Division, The Specials..... More
Englands Dreaming : Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond (Fully Explanded and Updated with new introduction by the author)
St Martin's Griffin, January 2002. Trade Paperback. England's Dreaming is the ultimate book on punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and the moment they defined for music fans in England and the United States. Savage brings to life the sensational story of the meteoric rise and rapid implosion of the..... More
Just Kids
Ecco, November 2010. Trade Paperback. The legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings..... More
Just Kids
Ecco, November 2010. Trade Paperback. The legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings..... More
Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83
Bazillion Points, June 2010. First Edition. Soft Cover. Touch and Go fanzine was the brainchild of Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson and was launched in Lansing, Michigan, in 1979. Major fanatics of the new punk happenings in the late 70s, TV and DS set out to chronicle, lambaste, ridicule, and..... More
