Punk Books
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- elpunch0
http://punksishippies.blogspot.c…
zines. :P
- fooler0
I read this for a book report in 9th grade...
Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Spungen has been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols.
- fooler0
I tried reading this a few years ago but the first 2 chapters read like an wikipedia page, not gritty enough for me.
- fooler0
I've been wanting to pick this up, not really about the punk scene but written about the punk philosophy by an over educated punk
Graffin is a rare breed, indeed. He is a longtime punk rocker with the group Bad Religion who happens to have a PhD in zoology and is currently teaching evolution at UCLA. With the assistance of cowriter Olson, Graffin attempts to draw parallels between punk rock and various other subjects, including naturalism, evolution, and faith.
- fooler0
not really "punk" but has some elements of the "punk" scene in the 80's and 90's and are good reads
- threadpost0
Ever tried: Mick Rock? Blood and Glitter? - (I'd bet you have already seen it some of it, but just don't know it yet.)
The 'Fuck You Heros' are cool, when you're 15, pissed off and finger bangin'.
Which is what got me interested in that stuffs'
But maybe try this: Stephen Jesse Bernstein - Prison. He stabbed himself in the neck with a pencil 6x in order to commit suicide: http://www.sendspace.com/file/50… (you're welcome, a freebee!)
Post Beat-Gen. styles: try some: W. Burroughs, K. Kesey, gg allin, Malcolm McLaren, Warhol or Edie...IDK even Malcolm McClarren FFS, what do you mean "PUNK"?!
Before there were guys like G. Miller, J. Stahl...there were Keroac, Ginsberg, (Hell) even Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin! But you're making your request too broad. What do you mean, "Punk Books?".
The 'Fuck You Heros' are the closest I can think of there being a literal translation to the genre you're asking for.
- pixellette0
Currently reading "Girls to the Front" which focuses on the 90s dipping a bit into Nation of Ulysess and Fugazi
- fresnobob0
"The nameless evil that haunts a legendary punk rock outfit....a Gothic Horror novel about severe mental distress and punk rock. Semi-autobiographical novel from the Rudimentary Peni leading light plunging into the worlds of madness, suicide and anarchist punk"
- ********0
Thank you for this thread.
- Eighty0
England's Dreaming - Jon Savage
Punk - Colgrave & Sullivan (more of a photography book but well worth owning)
- Eighty0
England's Dreaming - Jon Savage
Punk - Colgrave & Sullivan (more of a photography book but well worth owning)
- dasmeteor0
"Fucked Up & Photocopied: Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement.
Raw, brazen and totally intense, Fucked Up + Photocopied is a collection of frenetic flyers produced for the American punk scene between 1977 and 1985. Many were created by the musicians themselves and demonstrate the emphasis within the punk scene on individuality and the manic urge of its members to create things new.
Images were compiled out of whatever material could be found, often photocopied and, still warm, stapled to the nearest telephone pole to warn the world about next week's gig. One glance and you can sense the fury of live performances by bands such as Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys and The Minutemen, and, through the subtext the reader is exposed to the psyche of a generation of musicians stripped bare: The Germs, J.F.A, NOFX, The Circle Jerks, X, Devo, The Cramps, The Exploited, Screamers, The Avengers, The Dils and more.Fucked Up + Photocopied is the definitive reference book on the North American Punk scene and covers New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, MA, San Jose, CA, Washington, DC, Houston, TX, and Canada's Toronto and Vancouver.
Winner of the Firecracker Alternative Book Award 2000 for Music."
- vaxorcist0
and what about.....
