- Paperback: 374 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press; Pap/Cdr edition (15 Oct 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 031216968X
- ISBN-13: 978-0312169688
- Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 21.3 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,998,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A top-notch fan book."--"Rolling Stone" on "Punk Diary"
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an essential guide to the music that was called new wave and post punk. Not only is it thoroughly entertaining but a great reference source. It has all the acts from that era, from commercial to ridiculously obscure (Girls at Our Best, Hurrah!, Freshies, New Musik, et.al.) It comes with a bonus CD that has some nice interviews and snippets of featured artists' songs.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this is a great document,even better is "High On Rebellion; Inside the Underground At Max's Kansas City" by Yvonne Sewell Ruskin, loaded with NY Dolls/Johnny Thunders,Psychotic Frogs,Jayne County,Cherry Vanilla,etc THE REAL SCENE!Yeah!
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Essential reading for fans of new wave music.
24 Jun 1998
Format:Paperback
This is an essential guide to the music that was called new wave and post punk, which, by the way, was THE real "alternative" music, not the junk they label "alternative" today. Not only is this book thoroughly entertaining but it's a great reference source. It has all the acts from that era, from commercial (The Cure, Depeche Mode) to hopelessly obscure (Girls at Our Best, Hurrah!, Freshies, New Musik, et.al.) It comes with a bonus CD that has some nice interviews and snippets of featured artists' songs.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Post Punk Product for the People
28 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
Wow -- what an unbelievable labour of love. Like his first book "Punk Rock Diary", George Gimarc has managed to chronical the day to day doings of hundreds of bands (some known, some who are just names to most us) during two of the most pivotal years in modern music. If you like Post Punk/New Wave music, buy this book!
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The CD saves it all. AND HOW!
10 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is nothing REALLY special, just the dates of all (or 99% of them) punk releases of 1980 - 82 period. No articles, nothing on the performers themselves.
So, why 5 stars???
Well, the book comes with a CD (if you buy used make sure it is still included). On it is basically an hour+ long rockumentary! With a lot of tracks (half of them are not full-length though), rare interviews from performers (like Siouxsie And The Banshees and Psychedelic Furs) and a great narrator THE CD ALONE is worth the price of the book. And worth mentioning that the CD is UNIQUE, you can not get it elsewhere!
So, look at this product as a great one-of-a-kind collector's CD with a book of records as a bonus. If you like Punk, BUY THIS ONE!
So, why 5 stars???
Well, the book comes with a CD (if you buy used make sure it is still included). On it is basically an hour+ long rockumentary! With a lot of tracks (half of them are not full-length though), rare interviews from performers (like Siouxsie And The Banshees and Psychedelic Furs) and a great narrator THE CD ALONE is worth the price of the book. And worth mentioning that the CD is UNIQUE, you can not get it elsewhere!
So, look at this product as a great one-of-a-kind collector's CD with a book of records as a bonus. If you like Punk, BUY THIS ONE!
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