Synopsis:
A star-studded cast of characters, artists, underground reporters, and entrepreneurial groupies give first-hand backstage accounts of the drugs, sex, and power struggles that permeate the punk community to chronicle the emergence of punk music in New York's underground. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
Review:
"Ranks up there with the great rock & roll books of all time." -"Time Out New York"
"This book tells it like it was. It is the very first book to do so." -William S. Burroughs
"Does for the Ramones what the disciples did for Jesus." --"LA Weekly"
"Dishes the crud on everyone . . . candid, inside, and detailed." --"The New Yorker"
"Lurid, insolent, disorderly, funny, sometimes gross, sometimes mean and occasionally touching." --"The New York Times"
"The riotously funny story of New York punk told by those who were there." --"Daily News"
Ranks up there with the great rock & roll books of all time. "Time Out New York"
This book tells it like it was. It is the very first book to do so. William S. Burroughs
Does for the Ramones what the disciples did for Jesus. "LA Weekly"
Dishes the crud on everyone . . . candid, inside, and detailed. "The New Yorker"
Lurid, insolent, disorderly, funny, sometimes gross, sometimes mean and occasionally touching. "The New York Times"
The riotously funny story of New York punk told by those who were there. "Daily News"
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