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Alternative Top 50 (Paperback): T.V. Smith Alternative Top 50 (Paperback)
T.V. Smith; Foreword by Henry Rollins; Designed by Andy Vella
R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From No-Where to Obscurity - How a 1980's post-punk band called The Flying Shards Stomped Around Washington D.C. and... From No-Where to Obscurity - How a 1980's post-punk band called The Flying Shards Stomped Around Washington D.C. and Barely Left a Mark (Paperback)
Laura Fisher, E P Taylor
R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Big Shiny Prison - Volume One (Paperback): Ryan Bartek The Big Shiny Prison - Volume One (Paperback)
Ryan Bartek
R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pissed and Broke, No. 6 - A Commemorative Reissue (Paperback): Paul Hurst Pissed and Broke, No. 6 - A Commemorative Reissue (Paperback)
Paul Hurst; Jon Lange
R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blondie's Parallel Lines (Paperback): Kembrew McLeod Blondie's Parallel Lines (Paperback)
Kembrew McLeod
R299 R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Blondie's Parallel Lines mixed punk, disco and radio-friendly FM rock with nostalgic influences from 1960s pop and girl group hits. This 1978 album kept one foot planted firmly in the past while remaining quite forward-looking, an impulse that can be heard in its electronic dance music hit "Heart of Glass." Bubblegum music maven Mike Chapman produced Parallel Lines, which was the first massive hit by a group from the CBGB punk underworld. By embracing the diversity of New York City's varied music scenes, Blondie embodied many of the tensions that played out at the time between fans of disco, punk, pop and mainstream rock. Debbie Harry's campy glamor and sassy snarl shook up the rock'n'roll boy's club during a growing backlash against the women's and gay liberation movements, which helped fuel the "disco sucks" battle cry in the late 1970s. Despite disco's roots in a queer, black and Latino underground scene that began in downtown New York, punk is usually celebrated by critics and scholars as the quintessential subculture. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that dismissed disco as fluffy prefab schlock while also recuperating punk's unhip pop influences, revealing how these two genres were more closely connected than most people assume. Even Blondie's album title, Parallel Lines, evokes the parallel development of punk and disco-along with their eventual crossover into the mainstream.

Jubilee (Paperback): Derek Jarman, James Whaley, Chris Goode Jubilee (Paperback)
Derek Jarman, James Whaley, Chris Goode
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Faith in the establishment collapsing everywhere. The far right on the march. Culture wars and random violence - all decked out in red, white and blue. But a spirit of anarchy hangs in the air, the desire to burn it all down and start over. Derek Jarman's iconic film captured punk at its giddy height: a riot of music, DIY fashion, and every kind of sex - with a little pyromania thrown in. Forty years on, this new stage adaptation of Jubilee remixes it for the social and political turmoil of 2017. The cast of the original production at the Royal Exchange Manchester was led by one of the film's original cast members, legendary punk warrior Toyah Willcox. Centred around a marauding girl gang on a killing spree and a time-travelling Queen Elizabeth I, it's a story of what happens when creativity and nihilism collide.

The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy (Paperback): Paula Mejia The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy (Paperback)
Paula Mejia
R355 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R80 (23%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Jesus and Mary Chain's swooning debut Psychocandy seared through the underground and through the pop charts, shifting the role of noise within pop music forever. Post-punk and pro-confusion, Psychocandy became the sound of a generation poised on the brink of revolution, establishing Creation Records as a tastemaking entity in the process. The Scottish band's notorious live performances were both punishingly loud and riot-spurring, inevitably acting as socio-political commentary on tensions emergent in mid-1980s Britain. Through caustic clangs and feedback channeling the rage of the working-class who'd had enough, Psychocandy gestures toward the perverse pleasure in having your eardrums exploded and loudness as a politics within itself. Yet Psychocandy's blackened candy heart center - calling out to phantoms Candy and Honey with an unsettling charm - makes it a pop album to the core, and not unlike the sugarcoated sounds the Ronettes became famous for in the 1960s. The Jesus and Mary Chain expertly carved out a place where depravity and sweetness entwined, emerging from the isolating underground of suburban Scotland grasping the distinct sound of a generation, apathetic and uncertain. The irresistible Psychocandy emerged as a clairvoyant account of struggle and sweetness that still causes us to grapple with pop music's relation to ourselves.

Brick Through the Window - An Oral History of Milwaukee Music of the 70's & 80;s (Paperback): Steven W Nodine Brick Through the Window - An Oral History of Milwaukee Music of the 70's & 80;s (Paperback)
Steven W Nodine
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pissed and Broke, No. 4 - A Commemorative Reissue (Paperback): Jon Lange Pissed and Broke, No. 4 - A Commemorative Reissue (Paperback)
Jon Lange
R154 Discovery Miles 1 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bu San Bu Si - A Taiwan Punk Tale (Paperback): J. W. Henley Bu San Bu Si - A Taiwan Punk Tale (Paperback)
J. W. Henley
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth (Paperback): Michael Blair, Joe Bucciero Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth (Paperback)
Michael Blair, Joe Bucciero
R301 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Save R22 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Welsh post-punk band Young Marble Giants released one LP in 1980 and then, like their vanishing portraits on the album's cover, disappeared. Even though Colossal Youth received positive reviews and sold surprisingly well, Young Marble Giants quickly slid into the margins of rock 'n' roll history-relegated to cult status among post-punk and indie rock fans. Their lasting appeal owes itself to the band's singular approach and response to punk rock. Instead of employing overt political ideology and abrasive sounds to rebel against the status quo, Young Marble Giants filled their songs with restraint, ambiguity, and silence. The trio opened up their music to new sounds and ideas that redefined punk's rules of rebellion. Where did their rebellious ideas and impulses come from? By tracing Colossal Youth's artistic origins from Ancient Greece to the 20th-century avant-garde, Michael Blair and Joe Bucciero uncover the intricacies of Young Marble Giants' idiosyncratic take on music in the post-punk age. Emerging from the gaps in between the notes are new ways of hearing the history of punk, the political and economic turbulence of the late 1970s, and the world that surrounds us right now.

Rock*Punx - & Great Band Names (Paperback): Ric D Diamond Rock*Punx - & Great Band Names (Paperback)
Ric D Diamond
R431 Discovery Miles 4 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Desperate Times - The Summer of 1981 (Paperback): Wilum Pugmire Desperate Times - The Summer of 1981 (Paperback)
Wilum Pugmire; Illustrated by Art Chantry; Maire M. Masco
R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Punk - Resistance and Rebellion in Everyday Life (Hardcover): Kevin Dunn Global Punk - Resistance and Rebellion in Everyday Life (Hardcover)
Kevin Dunn
R4,563 Discovery Miles 45 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Global Punk examines the global phenomenon of DIY (do-it-yourself) punk, arguing that it provides a powerful tool for political resistance and personal self-empowerment. Drawing examples from across the evolution of punk - from the streets of 1976 London to the alleys of contemporary Jakarta - Global Punk is both historically rich and global in scope. Looking beyond the music to explore DIY punk as a lived experience, Global Punk examines the ways in which punk contributes to the process of disalienation and political engagement. The book critically examines the impact that DIY punk has had on both individuals and communities, and offers chapter-length investigations of two important aspects of DIY punk culture: independent record labels and self-published zines. Grounded in scholarly theories, but written in a highly accessible style, Global Punk shows why DIY punk remains a vital cultural form for hundreds of thousands of people across the globe today.

Gainesville Punk - A History of Bands & Music (Hardcover): Matt Walker Gainesville Punk - A History of Bands & Music (Hardcover)
Matt Walker
R775 R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Save R94 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Punk and Revolution - Seven More Interpretations of Peruvian Reality (Hardcover): Shane Greene Punk and Revolution - Seven More Interpretations of Peruvian Reality (Hardcover)
Shane Greene
R2,577 Discovery Miles 25 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Punk and Revolution Shane Greene radically uproots punk from its iconic place in First World urban culture, Anglo popular music, and the Euro-American avant-garde, situating it instead as a crucial element in Peru's culture of subversive militancy and political violence. Inspired by Jose Carlos Mariategui's Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality, Greene explores punk's political aspirations and subcultural possibilities while complicating the dominant narratives of the war between the Shining Path and the Peruvian state. In these seven essays, Greene experiments with style and content, bends the ethnographic genre, and juxtaposes the textual and visual. He theorizes punk in Lima as a mode of aesthetic and material underproduction, rants at canonical cultural studies for its failure to acknowledge punk's potential for generating revolutionary politics, and uncovers the intersections of gender, ethnicity, class, and authenticity in the Lima punk scene. Following the theoretical interventions of Debord, Benjamin, and Bakhtin, Greene fundamentally redefines how we might think about the creative contours of punk subculture and the politics of anarchist praxis.

One Bad Pig Forever - The Memory and Legacy of the Band, Fans and Supporters from 1985 to Infinity (Paperback): Carl W Phelan One Bad Pig Forever - The Memory and Legacy of the Band, Fans and Supporters from 1985 to Infinity (Paperback)
Carl W Phelan
R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All The Young Punks - Vol 2 - More Punk Rockers In Their Own Words (Paperback): George Berger All The Young Punks - Vol 2 - More Punk Rockers In Their Own Words (Paperback)
George Berger
R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As noted in the description of the first volume of this book, every punk book seems to be about the bands, about the 'faces', about the music. Volume 2 of All The Young Punks brings you more stories from the frontline, from the trenches. Stories from the foot soldiers who made punk what it was without turning it into a career. Born too late for the inner circle, but shining like a thousand comets nonetheless - this is the story of the punks. "It felt like pure energy - like a Sherbet Dip, when you have the first mouthful and your face scrunches up" "Punk Rock had saved me and I dedicated myself to it's glory" "there was music I could relate to for when I was feeling sad, happy, funky or whatever, but nothing for when I felt angry... until THIS." "Then there was the day a bunch of us painted my mate's Woolworths acoustic guitar white then set light to it in the local park while another mate filmed it with his dad's Super 8 Camera as a 'Dada-ist Performance Piece'. Unfortunately we didn't tell the bloke who's guitar it was, and when he found out we had to go into hiding for a couple of weeks as he recruited a bunch of local 'hard nuts' to 'sort us out'...." "Records with swearing in " "It was like a story with no pre-ordained ending. I still get a electrical twinge when a band hits that first note or chord, what will happen next." "bum flaps fashioned from an old kilt of my mum's, black bondage trousers with the baby reins I had worn as a toddler attached behind, hastily marker penned anarchy armbands." "I remember buying a white catering jacket (on which I pinned a Crass badge with the 'broken gun' image in day-glo orange on white) that I fancied looked a bit like the tuxedo that Sid wore in the My Way video. Margate being a seaside resort, though, I was always being asked if I'd got a job as an ice cream seller." "Its naive to think that society could change, but to a certain extent, in the early years and with the optimism of youth I believed it could happen." "I still had long hair and was wearing a 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' teeshirt. The guitarist of Slaughter came up to me after the gig and said "Do you like Yes then?," I very nervously mumbled "Er I suppose so," to which he replied "Me too mate, fuckin' great band " "It came along just at the right time though and gave me somewhere to belong, which was a lifesaver." "I'm still in awe of the sex, style and subversion that the original Punk Explosion thrust upon unsuspecting England and if I'm not out smashing the system then I'm doing my bit to resist it's clammy clutches." "He said, "This album can't be any good. It's got 14 tracks on it." I love that quote."

Fortress Europe - (The Big Shiny Prison Volume II) (Paperback): Ryan Bartek Fortress Europe - (The Big Shiny Prison Volume II) (Paperback)
Ryan Bartek
R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blt 25 - Black Leather Times Punk Humor and Social Critique from the Zine Revolution (Paperback): Amelia G. Blt 25 - Black Leather Times Punk Humor and Social Critique from the Zine Revolution (Paperback)
Amelia G.; Designed by Forrest Black; Illustrated by Eric Slash Dunn
R1,152 Discovery Miles 11 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Crafty Cigarette - Tales of a Teenage Mod (Paperback, 2nd edition): Matteo Sedazzari A Crafty Cigarette - Tales of a Teenage Mod (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Matteo Sedazzari; Foreword by John Cooper Clarke
R170 R160 Discovery Miles 1 600 Save R10 (6%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Simply Thrilled - The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records (Paperback): Simon Goddard Simply Thrilled - The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records (Paperback)
Simon Goddard
R596 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

They had just a few hundred pounds, one band missing a drummer, a sock drawer for an office, more dreams than sense and not a clue between them how to run a record company. But when Alan Horne and Edwyn Collins decided to start their own label from a shabby Glasgow flat in 1979, nobody was going to stand in their way. Postcard Records was the mad, makeshift and quite preposterous result. Launching the careers of Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and cult heroes Josef K, the self-styled 'Sound of Young Scotland' stuck it to the London music biz and, quite by accident, kickstarted the 1980s indie music revolution. Simon Goddard has interviewed everyone involved in the making of the Postcard legend to tell this thrilling rock'n'roll story of punk audacity, knickerbocker glories, broken windscreens, raccoon-fur hats, comedy, violence and creating something beautiful from nothing, against all the odds.

Punk Rock Los Angeles (Paperback): Louis Jacinto Punk Rock Los Angeles (Paperback)
Louis Jacinto
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Looking For Lady Dee - A Punk Rock Mystery (Paperback): Johnny Angel Wendell Looking For Lady Dee - A Punk Rock Mystery (Paperback)
Johnny Angel Wendell
R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Seize the Green Day - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Edition! (Paperback): Niki Lee Seize the Green Day - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Edition! (Paperback)
Niki Lee
R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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