- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: SAF Publishing Ltd (27 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0946719934
- ISBN-13: 978-0946719938
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #12 in Books > Music, Stage & Screen > Music > Styles > Rock & Pop > Styles > Punk
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Q Magazine, May 2006
"A short, sharp, spunky read, Marshall's book captures the mood in a way that only an insider would understand."
Janet Street-Porter, Independent on Sunday, April 9, 2006
"I interviewed the Clash, the Pistols, and Siouxsie long before they were signed. Berlin Bromley has brought it all back."
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I found myself reading this in one go- I couldn't put it down (yes, cliched but true!)
I've always wondered what life in the 70s and in the suburbs was like. Was it really as bad as the first wave (ie the people who mattered!) of London punks said it was. It would appear so.
Marshall captures perfectly the zeitgeist of the time and what was done to remedy it. He also captures the violence in the air- being a freak back then wasn't a career move like today. You risked life and limb to be an individual. It makes the people celebrated in this book all the more special (with a few exceptions haha!).
Its one of the best books about 70s London, glam, punk and everything else going on in society at the time that I've ever read.
If you're interested in punk, the Banshees, subculture or indeed just pop culture and an important period of British history this book will astound you.
I've always wondered what life in the 70s and in the suburbs was like. Was it really as bad as the first wave (ie the people who mattered!) of London punks said it was. It would appear so.
Marshall captures perfectly the zeitgeist of the time and what was done to remedy it. He also captures the violence in the air- being a freak back then wasn't a career move like today. You risked life and limb to be an individual. It makes the people celebrated in this book all the more special (with a few exceptions haha!).
Its one of the best books about 70s London, glam, punk and everything else going on in society at the time that I've ever read.
If you're interested in punk, the Banshees, subculture or indeed just pop culture and an important period of British history this book will astound you.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
thank god i got this book cheap!it confirmed what i always thought-berlin bromley was the least interesting of all the bromley contingent.any man that brags about "slapping"his mother is a no one.the most interesting part of this book was the forward by boy george.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
GREAT BOOK ABOUT A LOST ERA
7 Jun 2007
Format:Hardcover
You know, it seems like there are no movements in the world of music or fashion or film anymore. Everything's the same, commercial and boring. That's not to say it's ALL bad, but still, I do feel like my generation has missed out on the excitement and energy of being a part of something big, and that's why I love reading about London's punk era. Wish I was there. This book particularly stands out to me among the many I've read by people who were there, as "Berlin" writes with no agenda. Just tells it like it is, all the behind-the-scenes stuff that reading only about major events will make you curious about. I think I related to this book more than John Lydon's or any of the books written about Sid Vicious, too, because the memories being relayed are that of a gay teenager. I read this book in one day, devoured it. I wish I could find a way to write the author.
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