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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorGimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day
Jack Boulware, Silke Tudor · 489 pages
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain · 525 pages
A contemporary classic, **Please Kill Me** is the definitive oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Richard Hell, the Ramones, and scores of other punk figures lend their voices to this decisive account of that explosive era.
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
Mark Yarm · 592 pages
A tribute to the Pacific Northwest's grunge genre draws on the observations of individuals at the forefront of the movement from Soundgarden and the Melvins to Nirvana and Pearl Jam, citing such influences as the rise of Seattle's Sub Pop record label and the death of Kurt Cobain.
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
John Doe, Tom DeSavia · 277 pages
Explores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and its evolution to hardcore punk. Authors John Doe and Tom DeSavia have woven together an enthralling story of the legendary west coast scene from 1977-1982 by enlisting the voices of people who were there.
American Hardcore: A Tribal History
Steven Blush · 380 pages
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
Jeff Alulis, NOFX · 357 pages
"The first tell-all autobiography from one of the world's most influential and controversial punk bands."--Back cover.
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century
Greil Marcus · 496 pages
Explores the avant-garde history of twentieth-century Europe through the lifestyle and music of the Sex Pistols.
I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum · 608 pages
Rip it Up and Start Again
Simon Reynolds · 664 pages
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, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style and continued into the early eighties with the vide
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
Sara Marcus · 367 pages
A history of Riot Grrrl, a radical feminist movement that was started in the 1990s by young women who were fed up with sexism and harrassment and decided to make some noise.
Industrial Culture Handbook
V. Vale, Andrea Juno · 140 pages
Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music
Greg Prato · 478 pages
"'Grunge Is Dead' digs deep, starting in the early '60s, to explain the chain of events that gave way to the music. The end result is a book that includes a wealth of previously untold stories and fresh insight for the longtime fan, as well as the essentials and highlights for the newcomer -- the whole uncensored truth -- in one comprehensive volume" -- back cover.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
Crystal Zevon · 452 pages
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind both a fanatical cult following and a rich catalog of dark, witty rock-n-roll classics that includes "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left a trove of misadventures and anecdotes, a veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, high times, and hard ways. As Warren once said, "I got to be J
Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal
Jon Wiederhorn, Katherine Turman · 743 pages
Featuring more than 250 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Pantera, Korn and many others over the past 25 years, this examination of the cultural phenomenon provides an expert analysis of the heavy metal scene from the '60s to the present.
12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America
Noel E. Monk, Jimmy Guterman · 238 pages
Dance Of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital
Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins · 420 pages
"Washington DC's creative, politically insurgent punk scene is studied for the first time by local activist Mark Andersen and arts writer Mark Jenkins. The nation's capital gave birth to the most fertile and influential punk underground of the 1980s and 90s. Dance Of Days recounts the rise of trailblazing artists such as Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Fugazi and Bikini
Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975)
Ken Sharp, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley · 550 pages
Including interviews with band members, producers, management, stage and art designers, and rock photographers, an oral history of the legendary rock band offers a behind-the-scenes look at KISS's formative years.
The Clash: Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Headon
The Clash, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon · 384 pages
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music
Marisa Meltzer
Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
Chris Salewicz · 660 pages
The Clash was--and still is--one of the most important groups of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Indebted to rockabilly, reggae, Memphis soul, cowboy justice, and '60s protest, the overtly political band railed against war, racism, and a dead-end economy, and in the process imparted a conscience to punk. Their eponymous first record and London Calling still rank in Rolling Stone's top-ten best alb