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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Funny, sad, infuriating 
This isn't just a musical history. It's a great story. I've read it repeatedly, and it evokes the whole range of emotions. Some of the stories are hilarious. Others left me horribly sad, often mourning the loss of some of rock's great musicians. Others made me angry, hating many of the people whose music I grew up loving. I don't think I came out admiring any of these people. In fact, the book made me glad that some of them are dead. David Bowie, the married man who slept with teenagers. Patti Smith, the... more info
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First Book On Punk I Ever Read.
This is going to be short and sweet...like me.
I read this book at the ripe age of 12. I was just getting into The Ramones and this book is just fantastic. I was just getting into Punk back then but I beleive that this is a good book for even people that know a lot about good Punk music and the history of it. I reread this book just a few months ago. Its defenently worth a read, or reread!
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THE definitive primer on NY punk
Sometime in the late 1960's, a bad mojo was beginning to well up within the ranks of the flower power movement. There were quite a few disaffected outsiders that seemed to have figured out that the revolution was not destined to last, that it was in fact quickly becoming a sham. As corporate America began to swallow and repackage the 60's, some of the folks left behind by the peace and love generation began to vent their anger and shape a new vision. Proto-punk bands like the MC5 and The Stooges started to... more info
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Punk Rock 101
If you want to know where punk all started read this book. I first read it in high school, I had seen it at the library and thought it might be interesting. It's way more thatn interesting, I was a total novice when it came to punk music, and after reading it I became the know-it-all of punk rock history. I was calling out all the punks in my school who worshipped The Sex Pistols and the Clash. I did a research paper on Punk rock and this book was my major source. My only criticisim is it's mostly east... more info
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