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Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. (Paperback, Main): Viv Albertine Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. (Paperback, Main)
Viv Albertine 1
R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR MOJO BOOK OF THE YEAR In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen a girl play electric guitar. A year later, she was the guitarist in the hugely influential all-girl band the Slits, who fearlessly took on the male-dominated music scene and became part of a movement that changed music. A raw, thrilling story of life on the frontiers and a candid account of Viv's life post-punk - taking in a career in film, the pain of IVF, illness and divorce and the triumph of making music again - Clothes Music Boys is a remarkable memoir.

Sex Pistols - The Pride of Punk (Hardcover): Peter Smith Sex Pistols - The Pride of Punk (Hardcover)
Peter Smith
R1,196 Discovery Miles 11 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Sex Pistols exploded onto the music scene in 1976, paving the way for the deluge of punk rock that would change the face of modern rock music forever. Their debut album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, proved one of the most important rock albums of all time, fusing slammed rock chords with searing vocals. The Sex Pistols simply, and seemingly effortlessly, blew away all that had come before them, setting an entirely new bar for rock acts that followed in their wake. In Sex Pistols: The Pride of Punk, Peter Smith explores the impact the band had on launching the punk movement, beginning in 1976 with their debut single and ending in 1978 with their American tour. Despite their brief career, the Sex Pistols illustrate an important set of political and cultural elements of 1970s UK and US culture: disaffected youth, strained international relations, and rapid changes in culture. Peter Smith digs deep to collate the factors that fueled the Sex Pistols and the punk revolution.

Seize the Green Day - Edizione Italiana (Italian, Paperback): Erica Massa Seize the Green Day - Edizione Italiana (Italian, Paperback)
Erica Massa; Niki Lee
R583 Discovery Miles 5 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Let's Wreck - Deux decennies en plongee dans le Psychobilly britannique (French, Paperback): Craig Brackenridge Let's Wreck - Deux decennies en plongee dans le Psychobilly britannique (French, Paperback)
Craig Brackenridge
R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gimme Something Better - The Profound, Progressive and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to... Gimme Something Better - The Profound, Progressive and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day (Paperback)
Jack Boulware, Silke Tudor 1
R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An oral history of the modern punk-revival's West Coast Birthplace
Outside of New York and London, California's Bay Area claims the oldest continuous punk-rock scene in the world. "Gimme Something Better" brings this outrageous and influential punk scene to life, from the notorious final performance of the Sex Pistols, to Jello Biafra's bid for mayor, the rise of "Maximum RocknRoll" magazine, and the East Bay pop-punk sound that sold millions around the globe. Throngs of punks, including members of the Dead Kennedys, Avengers, Flipper, MDC, Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, and AFI, tell their own stories in this definitive account, from the innovative art-damage of San Francisco's Fab Mab in North Beach, to the still vibrant all-ages DIY ethos of Berkeley's Gilman Street. Compiled by longtime Bay Area journalists Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor, "Gimme Something Better" chronicles more than two decades of punk music, progressive politics, social consciousness, and divine decadence, told by the people who made it happen.

Punk and Revolution - Seven More Interpretations of Peruvian Reality (Paperback): Shane Greene Punk and Revolution - Seven More Interpretations of Peruvian Reality (Paperback)
Shane Greene
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 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.

All Time Low - Don't Panic, Let's Party: The Biography (Paperback): Joe Shooman All Time Low - Don't Panic, Let's Party: The Biography (Paperback)
Joe Shooman 1
R249 R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Save R40 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With punk tunes to die for, raucous gigs to get the world jumping and lyrics that resonate with a generation, All Time Low are putting the power back into power-pop and owning stages across the globe. In 2003, four best friends, Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson and Zack Merrick, got together in high school, bonding over their love of Blink-182 and soon set off on a path that would emulate their heroes. The group was signed before graduating and soon found they were breaking out as Vans Warped Tour favourites. Songs like 'Dear Maria, Count Me In' brought the band firmly onto the world stage as the group established itself as one of the most exciting on the circuit, touring as headliners in their own right as well as supporting seminal genre acts Green Day and Blink-182. The group's status as serious pop-punk heroes was further strengthened by the superbly-received 2012 album, Don't Panic, packed to the edges with blistering skate-punk riffs, infectious vocal harmonies and sparkling guitar play. With their 2015 album Future Hearts having debuted at No. 2 in the US Billboard 200 and topping the UK album charts, All Time Low have proved they're here to stay. Affectionate, in-depth and packed with more inside stories than you can shake a drumstick at, Don't Party, Let's Panic tells the unofficial story behind four boys who were destined to become the greatest thing to come out of Towson, Baltimore. The time for superstardom is nigh for a quartet whose party-loving ways and instant rapport with their fanbase are as strong as those irresistible riffs and melodies. The future is theirs.

Journey to the Centre of the Cramps (Paperback): Dick Porter Journey to the Centre of the Cramps (Paperback)
Dick Porter 1
R650 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based upon work and materials compiled for the acclaimed and now much sought after 2007 Cramps biography A Short History of Rock'n'Roll Psychosis, Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps goes far beyond being a revised and updated edition: Completely overhauled, rewritten and vastly expanded, it now represents the definitive work on the group. In addition to unseen interview material from Ivy, Lux and other former band members, Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps also sees the Cramps' story through to its conclusion, recounting Lux's unexpected death in 2009, the subsequent dissolution of the group and their enduring legacy. The Cramps' history, influences and the cast of characters in and around the group are likewise explored in far greater depth. Features unseen first-hand interview material from Lux Interior and Poison Ivy. A wealth of new interview material with former band members and other key players in the band's history and never before seen/rare photographs and ephemera to help illustrate the book

Let's Wreck - Deux decennies en plongee dans le Psychobilly britannique (French, Paperback): Craig Brackenridge Let's Wreck - Deux decennies en plongee dans le Psychobilly britannique (French, Paperback)
Craig Brackenridge; Translated by Alexis Brossollet
R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Batard irrespectueux du Rockabilly et du Punk, le Psychobilly est le genre musical qui refuse de mourir, bien qu'ignore de l'establishment musical depuis plus de trois decennies. D'abord confinee a quelques clubs anglais, l'epidemie en est a sa troisieme vague et s'etend desormais du Bresil au Japon en passant par les Etats-Unis et l'Europe. LET'S WRECK est l'histoire du voyage d'un homme a travers le Psychobilly britannique, de l'adolescent boutonneux du debut des annees 80, arborant fierement sa premiere flat-top, au rocker chauve et bedonnant d'aujourd'hui. De Glasgow aux festivals Big Rumble, en passant par le Klub Foot, le Trash et les longues virees du scooterisme... Craig Brackenridge, auteur freelance et createur des fanzines "The Encyclopedia of Psychobilly & Trash," "The Encyclopedia of Cinematic Trash," a aussi ecrit sur la musique et les films cultes pour de nombreux magazines. Il offre sur ce phenomene musical une perspective unique, toujours "on the road" avec plusieurs des groupes situes tout en bas de la hierarchie de la legende du Psychobilly..."

White Riot - Punk Rock and the Politics of Race (Paperback): Stephen Duncombe, Maxwell Tremblay White Riot - Punk Rock and the Politics of Race (Paperback)
Stephen Duncombe, Maxwell Tremblay; Foreword by James Spooner
R888 R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Save R73 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the Clash to Los Crudos, skinheads to afro-punks, the punk rock movement has been obsessed by race. And yet the connections have never been traced in a comprehensive way. White Riot is a definitive study of the subject, collecting first-person writing, lyrics, letters to zines, and analyses of punk history from across the globe. This book brings together writing from leading critics such as Greil Marcus and Dick Hebdige, personal reflections from punk pioneers such as Jimmy Pursey, Darryl Jenifer and Mimi Nguyen, and reports on punk scenes from Toronto to Jakarta.

Visual Vitriol - The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation (Paperback): David A. Ensminger Visual Vitriol - The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation (Paperback)
David A. Ensminger
R1,401 Discovery Miles 14 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation" is a vibrant, in-depth, and visually appealing history of punk, which reveals punk concert flyers as urban folk art. David Ensminger exposes the movement's deeply participatory street art, including flyers, stencils, and graffiti. This discovery leads him to an examination of the often-overlooked presence of African Americans, Latinos, women, and gays and lesbians who have widely impacted the worldviews and music of this subculture. Then Ensminger, the former editor of fanzine "Left of the Dial," looks at how mainstream and punk media shape the public's outlook on the music's history and significance.

Often derided as litter or a nuisance, punk posters have been called instant art, Xerox art, or DIY street art. For marginalized communities, they carve out spaces for resistance. Made by hand in a vernacular tradition, this art highlights deep-seated tendencies among musicians and fans. Instead of presenting punk as a predominately middle-class, white-male phenomenon, the book describes a convergence culture that mixes people, gender, and sexualities.

This detailed account reveals how members conceptualize their attitudes, express their aesthetics, and talk to each other about complicated issues. Ensminger incorporates an important array of scholarship, ranging from sociology and feminism to musicology and folklore, in an accessible style. Grounded in fieldwork, "Visual Vitriol" includes over a dozen interviews completed over the last several years with some of the most recognized and important members of groups such as Minor Threat, The Minutemen, The Dils, Chelsea, Membranes, 999, Youth Brigade, Black Flag, Pere Ubu, the Descendents, the Buzzcocks, and others.

Ramones (Paperback): Dick Porter Ramones (Paperback)
Dick Porter
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Pretty Vacant - A History of Punk (Paperback, New Ed): Phil Strongman Pretty Vacant - A History of Punk (Paperback, New Ed)
Phil Strongman
R839 Discovery Miles 8 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The definitive history of punk, told by one of punk's most knowledgeable experts. From the precursors of punk, through the famous Bill Grundy show when punk first hit the nation's consciousness to the modern-day heirs, such as Green Day and Busted, punk has evolved and taken over so many aspects of life that even banks now use punk lettering to appeal to their markets. In this brilliant account of punk, the authors have interviewed all the major figures to build up a complete portrait of a remarkable era of change in music and youth culture. Their story features Richard Branson, Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood, Tony Parsons and many more who took their early steps to fame and fortune around this time. Band members of The Clash, Stranglers, Sex Pistols and many others recall what happened, bringing their story to life with vivid anecdotes and telling detail. It is a book that no true fan of music can afford to be without, for this is the ultimate inside account of punk, told by those who really were there from the beginning.

Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Paperback): Michael Stewart Foley Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Paperback)
Michael Stewart Foley
R363 R314 Discovery Miles 3 140 Save R49 (13%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In 1978, San Francisco, a city that has seen more than its share of trauma, plunged from a summer of political tension into an autumn cascade of malevolence that so eluded human comprehension it seemed almost demonic. The battles over property taxes and a ballot initiative calling for a ban on homosexuals teaching in public schools gave way to the madness of the Jonestown massacre and the murders of Mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk at the hands of their former colleague, Dan White. In the year that followed this season of insanity, it made sense that a band called Dead Kennedys played Mabuhay Gardens in North Beach, referring to Governor Jerry Brown as a "zen fascist," calling for landlords to be lynched and yuppie gentrifiers to be sent to Cambodia to work for "a bowl of rice a day," critiquing government welfare and defense policies, and, at a time when each week seemed to bring news of a new serial killer or child abduction, commenting on dead and dying children. But it made sense only (or primarily) to those who were there, to those who experienced the heyday of "the Mab." Most histories of the 1970s and 1980s ignore youth politics and subcultures. Drawing on Bay Area zines as well as new interviews with the band and many key figures from the early San Francisco punk scene, Michael Stewart Foley corrects that failing by treating Dead Kennedys' first record, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, as a critical historical document, one that not only qualified as political expression but, whether experienced on vinyl or from the stage of "the Mab," stimulated emotions and ideals that were, if you can believe it, utopian.

Rock 'n' Roll Movies (Paperback): David Sterritt Rock 'n' Roll Movies (Paperback)
David Sterritt
R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Rock 'n' Roll Movies presents an eclectic look at the many manifestations of rock in motion pictures, from teen-oriented B-movies to Hollywood blockbusters to avant-garde meditations to reverent biopics to animated shorts to performance documentaries. Acclaimed film critic David Sterritt considers the diverse ways that filmmakers have regarded rock 'n' roll, some cynically cashing in on its popularity and others responding to the music as sincere fans, some depicting rock as harmless fun and others representing it as an open challenge to mainstream norms.

Hit So Hard (Hardcover): Patty Schemel Hit So Hard (Hardcover)
Patty Schemel
R907 R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Save R82 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A 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 begins with a childhood surrounded by the AA meetings her parents hosted in the family living room. Their divorce triggered her first forays into drinking at age twelve and dovetailed with her passion for punk rock and playing the drums. Patty's struggles with her sexuality further drove her notoriously hard playing, and by the late '80s she had focused that anger, confusion, and drive into regular gigs with well-regarded bands in Tacoma, Seattle, and Olympia, Washington. She met a pre-Nirvana Kurt Cobain at a Melvins show, and less than five years later, was living with him and his wife, Hole front-woman Courtney Love, at the height of his fame and on the cusp of hers. As the platinum-selling band's new drummer, Schemel contributed memorable, driving beats to hits like Beautiful Son, Violet, Doll Parts, and Miss World. But the band was plagued by tragedy and heroin addiction, and by the time Hole went on tour in support of their ironically titled and critically-acclaimed album Live Through This in 1994, both Cobain and Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff had died at the age of 27 With surprising candor and wit, Schemel intimately documents the events surrounding her dramatic exit from the band in 1998 that led to a dark descent into a life of homelessness and crime on the streets of Los Angeles, and the difficult but rewarding path to lasting sobriety after more than twenty serious attempts to get clean. Hit So Hard is a testament not only to the enduring power of the music Schemel helped create but an important document of the drug culture that threatened to destroy it.

Die Young with Me - A Memoir (Paperback): Rob Rufus Die Young with Me - A Memoir (Paperback)
Rob Rufus
R612 R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the tradition of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, this incredibly moving and harrowing true story of a teenager diagnosed with cancer is "a resounding affirmation of how music can lift one's spirits beyond gray skies and bad news (Kirkus Reviews)." Punk's not dead in rural West Virginia. In fact, it blares constantly from the basement of Rob and Nat Rufus--identical twin brothers with spiked hair, black leather jackets, and the most kick-ass record collection in Appalachia. To them, school (and pretty much everything else) sucks. But what can you expect when you're the only punks in town? When the brothers start their own band, their lives begin to change: they meet friends, they attract girls, and they finally get invited to join a national tour and get out of their rat box little town. But their plans are cut short when Rob is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that has already progressed to Stage Four. Not only are his dreams of punk rock stardom completely shredded, there is a very real threat that this is one battle that can't be won. While Rob suffers through nightmarish treatments and debilitating surgery, Nat continues on their band's road to success alone. But as Rob's life diverges from his brother's, he learns to find strength within himself and through his music. Die Young with Me is a "raw, honest picture of the weirdness of growing up" (Marky Ramone) and the story of a brave teen's battle with cancer and the many ways music helped him cope through his recovery.

Global Punk - Resistance and Rebellion in Everyday Life (Paperback): Kevin Dunn Global Punk - Resistance and Rebellion in Everyday Life (Paperback)
Kevin Dunn 1
R1,244 Discovery Miles 12 440 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.

Richard Hell and the Voidoids' Blank Generation (Paperback): Pete Astor Richard Hell and the Voidoids' Blank Generation (Paperback)
Pete Astor
R299 R276 Discovery Miles 2 760 Save R23 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

To wander the streets of a bankrupt, often lawless, New York City in the early 1970s wearing a T-shirt with PLEASE KILL ME written on it was an act of determined nihilism, and one often recounted in the first reports of Richard Hell filtering into the pre-punk UK. Pete Astor, an archly nihilistic teenager himself at the time, was most impressed. The fact that it emerged (after many years) that Hell himself had not worn the T-shirt but had convinced junior band member Richard Lloyd to do so, actually fitted very well with Astor's older, wiser self looking back at Blank Generation. Richard Hell was an artist who could not only embody but also frame the punk urge; having seeded and developed the essential look and character of punk since his arrival in New York in the late 1960s, he had just what was needed to make one of the defining records of the era. This study combines objective, academic perspectives along with culturally centred subjectivities to understand the meanings and resonances of Richard Hell and the Voidoids' Blank Generation.

Japanoise - Music at the Edge of Circulation (Hardcover, New): David Novak Japanoise - Music at the Edge of Circulation (Hardcover, New)
David Novak
R2,504 Discovery Miles 25 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Noise, an underground music made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged as a genre in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe, and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear-shattering sound, and over-the-top performances, Noise has captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational audience.

For its scattered listeners, Noise always seems to be new and to come from somewhere else: in North America, it was called "Japanoise." But does Noise really belong to Japan? Is it even music at all? And why has Noise become such a compelling metaphor for the complexities of globalization and participatory media at the turn of the millennium?

In "Japanoise," David Novak draws on more than a decade of research in Japan and the United States to trace the "cultural feedback" that generates and sustains Noise. He provides a rich ethnographic account of live performances, the circulation of recordings, and the lives and creative practices of musicians and listeners. He explores the technologies of Noise and the productive distortions of its networks. Capturing the textures of feedback--its sonic and cultural layers and vibrations--Novak describes musical circulation through sound and listening, recording and performance, international exchange, and the social interpretations of media.

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