Punk category: 246 books
I, Shithead
A Life in Punk
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Joey Keithley, aka Joey Shithead, founded legendary punk pioneers D.O.A. in 1978. Punk kings who spread counterculture around the world, they’ve been cited as influences by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Rancid and The Offspring; have toured with The Clash, The Ramones, The Dead Kennedys, Black...
Kids of the Black Hole
Punk Rock Postsuburban California
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Los Angeles rock generally conjures memories of surf music, The Doors, or Laurel Canyon folkies. But punk? L.A.'s punk scene, while not as notorious as that of New York City, emerged full-throated in 1977 and boasted bands like The Germs, X, and Black Flag. This book explores how, in the land of the...
by Brenda Perlin
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
#1 BEST SELLER - PUNK #1 BEST SELLER - PHOTOJOURNALISMThis is what Billy Idol had to say about L.A. Punk Rocker… "Pretty wild chapter on me…maybe u shouldv’e written my book, good luck with it..BFI.”Fifteen stories from the eighties set in Los Angeles, written by LA Punk Queen...
Visual Vitriol
The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
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 participatory street art, including flyers, stencils,...
Leck mich am Leben
Punk im Osten
Language: German
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Punk als Synonym für Jugendrevolte - das galt auch im Osten, als seinerzeit Erich und Genossen sorgenvoll das Entstehen einer Punkszene registrierten. Was jetzt über die Mauer schwappte, entzog sich per se jeder Kontrolle. Das Buch vereint Geschichten zum Punk zwischen Suhl und Sassnitz, erzählt...
Keine Zukunft war gestern
Punk in Deutschland
Language: German
Release Date: January 1, 2012
"Keine Zukunft war gestern" zeichnet die Entwicklung des Punks in Deutschland nach. Das geschieht u. a. durch Essays, Interviews und biographische Porträts von (Ex-)Punks, vor allem aber durch die Dokumentation von Fotos, Fanzineartikeln, Songtexten, Platten- und Tapecover und anderen Szene-Erzeugnissen....
Gimme Something Better
The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
An oral history of the modern punk-revival?s West Coast Birthplace
Outside of New York and London, California?s Bay Area claims the oldest continuous punk-rock scene in the world. Gimme Something Better brings this outrageous and influential punk scene to life, from the notorious final performance...
Punk is Undead Omnibus
Se le leggende del rock tornassero dal mondo dei morti?
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Dai solchi più profondi del rock e del punk, fedele ai grandi miti della musica degli ultimi 50 anni, arriva Punk is Undead. Un inedito cross-over tra musica e fumetto che si muove negli spazi angusti della crime story e del noir fino ad esplodere nell’horror più “pop”, fatto di zombie, fantasmi...
Elvis Has Left the Building
The Death of the King and the Rise of Punk Rock
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
“An interesting look at how 1977 marked the explosion of punk alongside this heartbreaking (though not altogether surprising) loss of a legend” (USA Today).
In the late 1970s, punk music was setting out to destroy everything Elvis Presley had come to represent. But punk couldn’t destroy The...
Left of the Dial
Conversations with Punk Icons
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Featuring interviews with leading figures of the punk underground, including Ian MacKaye, from Minor Threat and Fugazi; Jello Biafra, from Dead Kennedys; and Dave Dictor, from MDC, this book probes the legacy of punk's sometimes fuzzy political ideology, its homegrown traditions, and its rupturing...
Patti Smith
America's Punk Rock Rhapsodist
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Nicknamed the “Godmother of Punk,” Patti Smith rose to fame during the 1970s New York counterculture movement where she welcomed a new breed of rock and roll. Smith sanctioned the presence of a strong-willed woman in the mainstream rock community by breaking not only the fragile glass ceiling,...
Violence Girl
East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
The proximity of the East L.A. barrio to Hollywood is as close as a short drive on the 101 freeway, but the cultural divide is enormous. Born to Mexican-born and American-naturalized parents, Alicia Armendariz migrated a few miles west to participate in the free-range birth of the 1970s punk movement....
Punk Avenue
Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Finalist, 2017 Indie Book Awards for Autobiography/Memoir, Foreword Reviews
Punk Avenue: The New York City Underground 1972-1982 is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcade’s first ten years in the United States where drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding...
by Wilson Neate
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
In contrast with many of their punk peers, Wire were enigmatic and cerebral, always keeping a distance from the crowd. Although Pink Flag appeared before the end of 1977, it was already a meta-commentary on the punk scene and was far more revolutionary musically than the rest of the competition. Few...