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Title: Punk Rock: So What? by Roger Sabin ISBN: 0-415-17030-3 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A little too pedantic for punk.
Comment: There is one fantastic essay in this collection, "'I won't let that dago by:' Rethinking punk and racism," by Roger Sabin. Its totally great, and I think its mandatory reading for anyone interested in punk. Other than that essay though....
Well, I picked this book up from the library hoping to get a little more context for the 1970s UK punk scene. Listening to Gang of Four, Sham 69, and Stiff Little Fingers day after day, I wanted some specifics. I wanted Margaret Thatcher horror stories and shocking welfare statistics. This book really doesn't do that. Furthermore, it kinda reads like a bunch of professors waxing nostalgiac about listening to the Rezillos and buying bondage pants. I'd have been better served re-reading the liner notes to Crass's "Best Before." This book might be a good resource if you're writing a paper on punk, but its not much use for someone with a general interest, and it doesn't touch much at all on social or political issues, which to me seem crucial to UK punk. But do check out that Sabin essay!
Rating: 3
Summary: Uneven but interesting ideas
Comment: A collection of essays, primarily about the British scene. The writing is very uneven, which gets in the way of some interesting ideas. In particular I appreciate the inclusion of essays on gender and race, as these issues are usually glossed over in books on punk. I also liked to essay on regional British punk in contrast to London, and the influences of surf & garage music and comix on American punk. These would be best as starting points for discussion, as each is fairly short, and has shortcomings.
Rating: 4
Summary: Punk
Comment: This book is a great punk book i recomend it to all.
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Title: The Philosophy of Punk: More Than Noise by Craig O'Hara ISBN: 1873176163 Publisher: AK Pr Distribution Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain ISBN: 0140266909 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Punk: The Definitive Record of a Revolution by Stephen Colegrave, Chris Sullivan ISBN: 156025369X Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: 20th Century Rock and Roll: Punk (20th Century Rock and Roll) by Dave Thompson, Collectors Guide Publishers ISBN: 1896522270 Publisher: Collector's Guide Pub Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk by Marc Spitz, Brendan Mullen ISBN: 0609807749 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 13 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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