Please Kill Me The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the first oral history of the most nihilist of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcom McLaren, Jim Carroll, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warholand#8217;s New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.

and#147;Ranks up there with the great rock and roll books of all time.and#8221; and#150;Time Out New York

and#147;This book tells it like it was. It is the very first book to do so.and#8221; and#150;William S. Burroughs

and#147;Does for the Ramones what the disciples did for Jesus.and#8221; and#151;LA Weekly

and#147;Dishes the crud on everyone . . . candid, inside, and detailed.and#8221; and#151;The New Yorker

and#147;Lurid, insolent, disorderly, funny, sometimes gross, sometimes mean and occasionally touching.and#8221; and#151;The New York Times

and#147;The riotously funny story of New York punk told by those who were there.and#8221; and#151;Daily News