An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo
Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer
Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam
rock and punk rock scenes. Kid Congo Powers has been described as a
"legendary guitarist and paragon of cool" with "the greatest resume
ever of anyone in rock music." That unique imprint on rock history
stems from being a member of not one but three beloved,
groundbreaking, and influential groups--Nick Cave and the Bad
Seeds, the Cramps, and last but not least, The Gun Club, the wildly
inventive punk-blues band he co-founded. Some New Kind of Kick
begins as an intimate coming of age tale, of a young, queer,
Chicano kid, growing up in a suburb east of East LA, in the
mid-'70s, exploring his sexual identity through glam rock. When a
devastating personal tragedy crushes his teenage dreams, he finds
solace and community through fandom, as founder ('The Prez') of the
Ramones West Coast fan club, and immerses himself in the delinquent
chaos of the early LA punk scene. A chance encounter with another
superfan, in the line outside the Whiskey-A-Go-Go to get into a
Pere Ubu concert, changes the course of his life entirely. Jeffrey
Lee Pierce, a misfit Chicano punk who runs the Blondie fan club,
proposes they form a band. The Gun Club is born. So begins an
unlikely transition from adoring fan to lauded performer. In
Pierce, he finds brotherhood, a creative voice, and a common cause,
but also a shared appetite for self-destruction that threatens to
overwhelm them both. Quirky, droll, and heartfelt, with a
pitch-perfect evocation of time and place, and a wealth of
richly-drawn supporting characters, Some New Kind of Kick is a
memoir of personal transformation, addiction and recovery,
friendship and belonging, set against the relentless creativity and
excess of the '70s and '80s underground music scenes.
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