ITEM OVERVIEW
The tenth anniversary edition. Actually, other than a new short afterword, there's nothing new. But that's ok, as this is still unsurpassed as an oral history, testament to, and history of, 20 years of (largely New York) punk. Starting in the mid-60s, with the Stooges and MC5 it traces, through the words of the protagonists themselves, the history of that most glorious music, scene, and art-form known as punk. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Nico, Patti Smith, Dead Boys, Arturo Vega, William Burroughs, Lester Bands, John Cale, Jim Carrol, Blondie, Bob Gruen, Richard Hell, Daniel Rey, Malcolm McLaren, New York Dolls, Heartbreakers, Television and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol's New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon that was known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.
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