Punk Rock

Robb John

Description

With its own fashion, culture and chaotic energy, punk rock boasted a do-it-yourself ethos that allowed anyone and everyone to take part. Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary legacy of music and cultural change. In Punk Rock: An Oral History, John Robb talks to many of those who cultivated the movement, such as John Lydon, Lemmy, Siouxsie Sioux, Mick Jones, Chrissie Hynde, Malcolm McLaren, Henry Rollins and Glen Matlock, weaving together their accounts to create a raw and unprecedented oral history of UK punk.

Sujets

• Punk

Informations

• Publié par: PM Press
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781604868401
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 27 Mo

Extrait

PUNK ROCK AN ORAL HISTORY JOHN ROBB

Edited by Oliver Craske

Punk Rock: An Oral History John Robb © PM Press 2012

ISBN: 978–1–60486–005–4 LCCN: 2011939680

First published by Ebury Press in Great Britain 2006 Text © John Robb 2006

Interviews with John Lydon, Mark Perry, and Nils Stevenson conducted by John Robb and reproduced by kind permission of UKTV and free@last TV. Siouxsie Sioux interviews conducted by Michael Bracewell and reproduced by kind permission. Keith Levene interview reproduced by kind permission of Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine (www.perfectsoundforever.com). Chrissie Hynde interviews reproduced by kind permission of Simon Price. All other interviews by John Robb.

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contents

The Contributors .............................................................................................. vii Foreword by Michael Bracewell ................................................................ xi Foreword by Henry Rollins ....................................................................... xiv

 Intro ............................................................................................................................ 1 1 1950–69: The Roots of Punk ...................................................................... 5 2 1970–74: Glam Rock and Other Early Seventies Revolutions ........................................................................................................... 39 3 1975: I’m Not an Abortion: The Birth of Punk ........................... 99 4 1976 Part I: Into Chaos ............................................................................. 147 5 1976 Part II: Year Xerox ........................................................................... 203 6 1976 Part III: Punk Becomes a Dirty Word .................................. 241 7 1977 Part I: The Explosion .................................................................... 276 8 1977 Part II: In 1977, I Hope I Go To Heaven ........................ 321 9 1977 Part III: Generation Why ............................................................ 364 10 1978: No Map or Address ....................................................................... 404 11 1979: The Second Wave Peaks .............................................................. 450 12 1980–84: Protest and Survive ............................................................... 496  Outro ..................................................................................................................... 537

Acknowledgements ...................................................................................... 540 Picture Credits ................................................................................................. 541 Lyric Credits ..................................................................................................... 542 Index ..................................................................................................................... 543