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Include books by the same authorWreckers of Civilisation: The Story of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle
Simon Ford · 300 pages
Lips Unsealed: A Memoir
Belinda Carlisle · 276 pages
The front woman for The Go-Go's, one of the most iconic bands of the 1980s, takes a spellbinding look at life in the fast lane of the rock world and explores her struggles with weight, sobriety, spirituality, and self-esteem.
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music
Marisa Meltzer
Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone
Marky Ramone, Rich Herschlag · 416 pages
"The inside story behind one of the most revered bands in music history during the early days of punk rock in New York, from legendary drummer Marky Ramone. Rolling Stone ranked the Ramones at #26 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time." They received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. And Marky Ramone played a m
Dancing With Myself
Billy Idol · 336 pages
Idol brings to life the key events that shaped his life, his music, and his career, including his early childhood in England, his year at Sussex University, and his time spent hanging out with the Sex Pistols and as a member of punk bands Chelsea and Generation X. Dancing with myself is both a tale of survival and a celebration of the heady days when punk was born, a compelling and satisfying insi
The Evolution of a Cro-Magnon
John Joseph · 428 pages
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
Chrissie Hynde · 344 pages
Chrissie Hynde, leader of the Pretenders, is one of the most widely imitated figures in rock: sexy, unflappable, vulnerable yet tough, a groundbreaking songwriter and performer. In these pages, Chrissie gives us her story. We see her all-American 1950s childhood in Ohio, and her teenage self falling for the rock music of the 1960s. We follow her to London, where she takes a job with NME and makes
Scar Tissue
Anthony Kiedis · 465 pages
Scar Tissue is Anthony Kiedis's searingly honest memoir of a life spent in the fast lane. In 1983, four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of the mosh-pitted mosaic of the neo-punk rock scene in L.A. with their own unique brand of cosmic hardcore mayhem funk. Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, against all odds, have become one of the most successful bands in the world. Though
Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group
Ian F. Svenonius · 200 pages
Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored
John Lydon · 544 pages
Violence Girl
Alice Bag · 381 pages
Autobiography of Alicia Armendariz, who 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.
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.
Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and EMO
Andy Greenwald · 320 pages
Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo tells the story of a cultural moment that's happening right now-the nexus point where teen culture, music, and the web converge to create something new. While shallow celebrities dominate the headlines, pundits bemoan the death of the music industry, and the government decries teenagers for their morals (or lack thereof) earnest, heartfelt bands
We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews
Daniel Sinker, Steve Albini · 346 pages
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
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.
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever
Will Hermes · 384 pages
“Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented—all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the city’s infrastructure
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
Laura Jane Grace · 313 pages
The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self.
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.
The Clash: Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Headon
The Clash, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon · 384 pages
I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Punk Rock Family Memoir
Mickey Leigh · 418 pages
When the Ramones recorded their debut album in 1976, it heralded the true birth of punk rock. Fast and frenetic in their leather jackets and torn jeans, the Ramones gave voice to the disaffected youth of the seventies and eighties, influenced countless bands, and inspired the counterculture for decades to come. Born Jeffry Hyman of Queens, New York, Joey Ramone was the quirky, extraordinary lead s
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
Viv Albertine · 432 pages