Punk
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Tenement Kid: From the Streets of Glasgow in the 1960s to Drummer in Jesus and Mary Chain and Frontman in Primal Scream
$22.95 Add to cartFizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Bobby Gillespie’s vivid and evocative new memoir, TENEMENT KID: From the Streets of Glasgow in the 1960s to Drummer in Jesus and Mary Ch
- Author: Gillespie, Bobby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1737382903
- Language: English
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Family Values: Kurt, Courtney & Frances Bean
$29.95 Read moreKurt Cobain and Courtney Love were notorious for representing the opposite of “Family Values.” To reframe their notoriety, they consented to a rare photoshoot for Spin magazine with their newborn, Fra… [more below]
- Author: Guzman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1648230687
- Language: English
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No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk
$27.95 Add to cartAfter punk’s arrival in 1976, many art students in the northern English city of Leeds traded their paintbrushes for guitars and synthesizers. In bands ranging from Gang of Four, Soft Cell, and Delta 5… [more below]
- Author: Butt, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1478018631
- Language: English
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Mc5: An Oral Biography of Rock’s Most Revolutionary Band
$30.00 Add to cartA riveting oral biography of the proto-punk Detroit rockers MC5, based on original interviews with the band and key members of their inner circle
Few bands have dared to ignite a revolution through t- Author: Tolinski, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0306833018
- Language: English
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MIA Zapata and the Gits: A Story of Art, Rock, and Revolution
$28.95 Add to cartJust Kids for the grunge era.
Seattle band, The Gits and their charismatic front person Mia Zapata were on the verge of international rock stardom but on July 7, 1993, days before their third US tour,
- Author: Moriarty, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1627311505
- Language: English
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Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso
$21.95 Read moreAn immersive study of the influential and predominantly Chicanx punk rock scene in El Paso, Texas.
Punk rock is known for its daring subversion, and so is the West Texas city of El Paso. In Chuco Punk
- Series: American Music
- Author: López, Tara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 147732481X
- Language: English
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Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain
$30.00 Add to cartWilliam and Jim Reid, brothers and founding members of The Jesus and Mary Chain–a band that bridged the gap between the punk explosion and the emergence of grunge and Britpop–chronicle the chaos, co
- Author: Reid, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0306835517
- Language: English
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Tainted Love: From Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar
$20.95 Read moreThe first book-length inquiry into the twisted romantic ballad, giving a sense of both its history and contemporary currency.
Titled after Soft Cell’s version of the original 1965 Gloria Jones track,- Author: Coles, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 3956796586
- Language: English
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England’s Dreaming, Revised Edition: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
$42.00 Add to cartEngland’s 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 st
- Author: Savage, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: January 18 2002
- ISBN10: 0312288220
- Language: English
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Dead Boys 1977: The Lost Photographs: The Lost Photographs
$29.99 Read moreIn this gorgeous coffee table book, discover never-before-seen photographs of the Dead Boys before they took off. Taken in 1977 by the band’s roommate Dave Treat, these photographs showcase a particul
- Author: Treat, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: August 29, 2023
- ISBN10: 0578190737
- Language: English
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Architects of Self-Destruction: The Oral History of Leftöver Crack
$20.00 Add to cartAn oral history in the vein of Please Kill Me
Left?ver Crack is a band of drug abusing, dumpster diving, cop-hating, queer positive, pro-choice, crust punks that successfully blend ska-punk, pop, hip-- Author: Gentile, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1644281104
- Language: English
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Drugs Are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir
$16.95 Read moreIn this eye-opening memoir, Lisa Crystal Carver recalls her extraordinary youth and charts the late-80s, early-90s punk subculture that she helped shape. She recounts how her band Suckdog was born in … [more below]
- Author: Carver, Lisa Crystal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 30 2005
- ISBN10: 1932360948
- Language: English
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Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the legendary frontman of the Sex Pistols, comes the complete, unvarnished story of his life in his own words.
John Lydon is an icon–one of the most recognizable and influential cultural figures
- Author: Lydon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0062400231
- Language: English
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Sex Pistols: I Wanna Be Me
$34.95 Add to cartAmidst the chaos that was the Sex Pistols, it’s often forgotten just what a powerful band they were, and what great records they made. The Sex Pistols were no ordinary group.
Their story might be short
- Author: Simpson, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1786751240
- Language: English
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Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die: Punk & Post Punk Graphics 1976-1986
$39.95 Read morePraise for the Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die exhibition:
“A fascinating look at how punk and new wave music met the eye” New York Times
“An absolute joy” Financial Times
The largest unique collec
- Author: Krivine, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1911641360
- Language: English
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Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the Mc5, and My Life of Impossibilities
$21.99 Add to cartThe first memoir by Wayne Kramer, legendary guitarist and cofounder of quintessential Detroit proto-punk legends The MC5
“Voyeuristically dramatic.”–THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
In January 1969, bef- Author: Kramer, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0306921529
- Language: English
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Complicated Fun: The Birth of Minneapolis Punk and Indie Rock, 1974-1984 — An Oral History
$24.95 Add to cartIn the early 1970s, the Minneapolis music scene was no scene at all. Radio stations played Top 40 music; bars and clubs booked only rock cover bands and blues bands. Meanwhile, cities like New York, D
- Author: Collins, Cyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1681340321
- Language: English
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Hit So Hard: A Memoir
$37.00 Add to cartA stunningly candid portrait of the Seattle grunge scene of the ’90s and a memoir of an addict during the last great era of rock ‘n’ roll excess, by Hole drummer Patty Schemel
Patty Schemel’s story b- Author: Schemel, Patty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825074
- Language: English
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Gainesville Punk: A History of Bands & Music
$21.99 Add to cartKnown for The Fest, Less Than Jake and Hot Water Music, Gainesville became a creative hub in the 1980s and ’90s for many of punk rock’s greats.
Whether playing at the Hardback or wild house parties, ea
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Walker, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 07 2016
- ISBN10: 1626197679
- Language: English
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Dogtown: The Legend of the Z-Boys
$40.00 Read more“DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys is a stunning book that blends historic words and reports with a photo archive that has a golden shelf in the annals of skateboarding.” —SurferToday, One of the Be… [more below]
- Author: Friedman, Glen E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1617756997
- Language: English
