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The Fall by Mark Middles Synopsis Having known Fall leader Mark E. Smith since 1977, Manchester based music writer Mick Middles is ideally placed to pen the first ever authorized biography of this most inscrutable of bands led by one of the few genuine characters in rock today. Details... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Treasures of Green Day by Gillian G Gaar Publisher Comments Love Green Day? Then you'll have the “Time Of Your Life” with this new entry in the popular Treasures series. It follows the groundbreaking California punk-rock band from their scrappy high-school days to international stardom to the... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Rough Guide to Punk (Rough Guides To...) by Al Spicer Publisher Comments The Rough Guide to Punk casts a sneering glance at the musicians, fashions, icons and record labels behind the sub-culture that revolutionized pop music. The guide includes profiles of more than 250 artists, from legends such as the Sex Pistols and X-Ray... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush Publisher Comments A former record label owner and radio DJ offers the first history of hardcore, a musical response to the angst of punk and new wave. Photos & illustrations.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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An American Demon: A Memoir by Jack Grisham Publisher Comments Depravity, redemption, terror, and spiritual deliverance abound in this physically and psychologically complex memoir from the front man of the pioneer punk band True Sounds of Liberty (TSOL). Spanning the extremes between hard-core punk memoir and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Englands Dreaming Anarchy Sex Pistols by Jon Savage Publisher Comments Englands 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... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Punk Fiction: An Anthology of Short Stories Inspired by Punk by Janine Bullman Publisher Comments The legacy of punk rock is not merely musical but in fact can be found in an astounding variety of cultural media, including literature. From a cast of authors at the forefront of contemporary popular culture who have beenand continue to be... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Hardcover
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New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation with Blondie, Iggy Pop, and Others, 1974-1981 by Gary Valentine Publisher Comments By 1970, the hippie dream of the 60s was dead the soundtrack of the revolution had become a multimillion-dollar industry. Glitter tried to save music's soul, but was too commercial to be cutting edge for long. Then, in 1974, a rescue movement... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Live...Suburbia! by Anthony Pappalardo Publisher Comments Live...Suburbia! is a collection of stories and images of the post-1960s subcultures that define America. It’s kids taking their urethane wheels to empty pools, picking British Punk in broad downstrokes and creating Hardcore, it’s skinheads... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Punk Slash! Musicals: Tracking Slip-Sync on Film by David Laderman Publisher Comments Punk Slash Musicals is the first book to deal extensively with punk narrative films, specifically British and American punk rock musicals produced from roughly 1978 to 1986. Films such as Jubilee, Breaking Glass, Times Square, Smithereens, Starstruck... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century by Greil Marcus Publisher Comments Greil Marcus, author of Mystery Train, widely acclaimed as the best book ever written about America as seen through its music, began work on this new book out of a fascination with the Sex Pistols: that scandalous antimusical group, invented in London in... (read more) Your price: $27.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Encyclopedia of Punk by Brian Cogan Publisher Comments When people think of punk they often think of outrageous fashion and iconic bands like The Ramones and the Sex Pistols. But the reality of punk stretches over three decades and numerous countries, with a history as rich and varied as it is shocking and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Punk by Stephen Colegrave Publisher Comments Recreating the complete story of the punk phenomenon--including where it came from and what it turned into--this narrative includes commentary from more than 260 artists, record producers, designers, and journalists.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Burning Britain by Ian Glasper Publisher Comments Featuring hundreds of brand new interviews and photographs, Burning Britain is the true story of the UK punk scene from 19801984 told for the first time by the bands and labels who created it. Covering the country region by region, Ian Glasper... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital by Mark Andersen Publisher Comments Nonfiction. Music. Updated 2009 edition of the evergreen punk classic! The nation's capital gave birth to the most influential punk underground of the '80s and '90s. DANCE OF DAYS recounts the rise of trailblazing artists such as Bad Brains, Henry... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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Sid Vicious: Rock 'n' Roll Star by Malcolm Butt Synopsis No one embodied the Sex Pistols raw, anarchic excesses like bassist Sid Vicious. Told from an insiders perspective, Sid Vicious: Rock 'n' Roll Star covers the brief life of punks original poster boy including everything from Viciouss lowly beginning as... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Patti Smith: The Biography by Nick Johnstone Publisher Comments Patti Smith is one of pop cultures true originals. The 1975 release of her debut album Horses signalled the start of a career full of passionate commitment, abrupt gear changes and unlikely collaborations which continues to flourish well into the 21st... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation by David A. Ensminger Publisher Comments Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation is a vibrant, in-depth, and visually appealing history of punk, which reveals punk concert flyers as urban folk art. David Ensminger exposes the movement's deeply... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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Vicious: The Art of Dying Young by Mark Paytress Publisher Comments Biography of the iconic Sex Pistols frontman, published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of his death.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Trapped in a Scene: UK Hardcore 1985-1989: Frontline Reports from the Hardcore Punk Underground by Ian Glasper Publisher Comments The underground hardcore scene of the mid- to late-1980s was UK punk rock's last significant creative gasp. Emerging from the wreckage of the anarcho-punk scene spawned by the likes of Crass and Conflict, it took its influences from the studs 'n' leather... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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