Bomp 2 Born in the Garage
Bomp 2 Born in the Garage – Book Bomp!/UT Publishing While I knew that Greg Shaw, the man who started Bomp did a fanzine before it became a record label and mail order, I had no idea just how many fanzines he had done even before Who Put the Bomp! The man practically invented the [...]
No Wave
No Wave – Book by Marc Masters Black Dog Publishing I will admit that as much as I enjoy the No Wave bands that I’ve heard, I know little about them and only own a very small amount of the records that came out of that scene. It was Teenage Jesus and the Jerks that [...]
My First Time
My First Time – Book AK Press In everyone’s life, there is a first time for something and depending on what that something is, it could be a very memorable and life changing event. From your first cavity, first date, first time having sex to your first show, these are things that can stick with [...]
A Rebel Life Murder by the Rich
A Rebel Life: Murder by the Rich – Book Peter Kalafatis Peter had a rough life growing up. His lousy home life and abusive parents led him to leave home for a life on the streets at age 15. Not too long after that, his younger brother followed him and they both were out on [...]
Punk The Whole Story
Punk The Whole Story – Book DK Publishing It seems that now, some 30 years after a new style of music that came to be known as punk rock started, it has become a much more accepted (and co-opted) style of music and as a result there has been a lot of books and movies [...]
Punk ’77 A book by James Stark
Punk ’77: An Inside Look at the San Francisco Rock n’ Roll Scene 1977 by James Stark RE/Search Publications Punk ’77 is a look back at the first wave of the San Francisco punk rock scene. It tells the story through the voices of some people involved in interviews that were done about a decade [...]
George Tabb books
Playing Right Field: A Jew Grows up in Greenwich – Book by George Tabb Soft Skull Press George Tabb is a punk rock veteran that you may or may not have heard of. He did time in the Florida hardcore band, Roach Motel, as well as False Prophets, Iron Prostate, and later his own band, [...]
