Punk rock
Subtitle: an oral history
By: John Robb ; edited by Oliver Craske
Contributors: Craske, Oliver
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9781604860054
Subjects: Rock music; Interviews; History and criticism; Punk rock music; Punk rock musicians
Description: Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary legacy of music and cultural change, and this work talks to those who cultivated the movement, weaving together their accounts to create a raw and unprecedented oral history of punk in the United Kingdom. From the Clash, Crass, Henry Rollins, and John Lydon to the Sex Pistols, the Stranglers, and the Buzzcocks, this reference features more than 150 interviews that encapsulate the most thrilling wave of rock and roll pop culture ever seen.
Notes: Includes index.

"First published by Ebury Press in Great Britain, 2006"--T.p. verso.

"Foreword by Michael Bracewell": p. [xi]-xiii; "Foreword by Henry Rollins": p. xiv-xv.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: 1950-69 : the roots of punk; title: 1970-74 : glam rock and other early seventies revolutions; title: 1975 : I'm not an abortion : the birth of punk; title: 1976, part I : into chaos; title: 1976, part II : year Xerox; title: 1976, part III : punk becomes a dirty word; title: 1977, part I : the explosion; title: 1977, part II : in 1977, I hope I go to heaven; title: 1977, part III : generation why; title: 1978 : no map or address; title: 1979 : the second wave peaks; title: 1980-84 : protest and survive; title: Outro.