Punk category: 246 books

Ripped, torn and cut offers a collection of original essays exploring the motivations behind – and the politics within – the multitude of fanzines that emerged in the wake of British punk from 1976.

In the tradition of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, this incredibly moving and harrowing true story of a teenager diagnosed with cancer is “a resounding affirmation of how music can lift one’s spirits beyond gray skies and bad news (Kirkus Reviews).” Punk’s...

In the musical abyss between New York City and Philadelphia (otherwise known as “New Jersey”), the only place to see punk bands in 1987 is the 321 Club. For suburban outcasts of any age the rundown club in the ghettos of Trenton is both a gauntlet and a haven. For Nick Lablanche, it promises an...

La ricorrenza è di quelle impegnative: il trentennale dell’uscita di London Calling, uno dei dischi più influenti nella storia del rock. Difficile occuparsi dei Clash, oggi. Dopo la morte di Joe Strummer l’immagine della band giace sotto il pesante cumulo della retorica barricadiera, come se...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1977. In einem verschlafenen Nest irgendwo in der Provinz geht das Leben seinen gewohnten, langweiligen Gang. Das ändert sich, als das erste Album der Ramones den Weg ins Kinderzimmer unseres neunjährigen Helden findet. Von nun an ist nichts mehr so, wie es war. Die neue Musik...

Sul finire degli anni Ottanta, al 924 di Gilman Street, Berkeley, California, un collettivo di ragazzi si conquistò uno spazio dove organizzare incontri ed eventi musicali. Nel giro di qualche anno dal Gilman si levò una voce: il punk è risorto, e ha scelto l'America per manifestarsi. Tra i tanti...

"Gerrit Meijer verkörpert eine Haltung, konsequenter als jede Tätowierung, der längste Irokese oder fünf Tage wach. Jetzt hat der Mann ein Buch geschrieben. Will ich das lesen? Scheisse, und ob ich das lesen will!" Bela B Das Leben von Gerrit Meijer bestimmen zwei Konstanten: Musik –...

Travis Barker’s soul-baring memoir chronicles the highlights and lowlights of the renowned drummer’s art and his life, including the harrowing plane crash that nearly killed him and his traumatic road to recovery—a fascinating never-before-told-in-full story of personal reinvention grounded...

Of all the straight talking bands thrown up in the Seventies punk explosion, none talked straighter than The Clash. Fiercely proud of their rebel status, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon rarely wavered in their commitment to spreading a message of social justice through their...

From National Book Award winner Masha Gessen, the heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on lies. On February 21, 2012, five young women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In neon-colored dresses, tights, and balaclavas, they performed...

This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties--when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock with punk rock's do-it-yourself credo and created...

By June 1993, when Washington, D.C.'s Fugazi released their third full-length album In on the Kill Taker, the quartet was reaching a thunderous peak in popularity and influence. With two EPs (combined into the classic CD 13 songs) and two albums (1990's genre-defining Repeater and 1991's impressionistic...

"The outrageous energy of the participants and their subsequent notoriety will carry the reader through this uncritical, discursive pop history that begins with CBGB's and its development as the premier club for punk rock... The author then covers various groupings that were to make Manhattan's...

The full story of the rise and spectacular comeback of the band hailed as the saviors of punk rock and the next U2 It's hard to believe that in early 2004 Green Day was considered over--the band was still together, but they were dismissed as a strictly 90s phenomenon, incapable of re-creating...