This book is your gateway to the safety-pinned, leather-clad,
mohawk-toting, anti-establishment, and generally badass Punk movement.
What makes punk... punk? We might all know the Sex Pistols from the
opening bar of their songs. But how do we place the punk movement in the
context of the wider zeitgeist of the time? And how do the various
international offshoots of punk - American, British, Australian -
intersect and overlap? Well, that's precisely what DJ and author Steve
Wide explains in this book.
In these pages, Steve explains the social climate of Thatcherism, along
with a detailed timeline of foundational bands (as well as connected
artists, like Damien Hurst, and other subversive genres like Britpop).
There are breakdowns of the most iconic punk artists, as well as fashion
designers, record labels, DJs, producers, engineers and magazines - all
of which applied their own layer to the punk patchwork. There are deep
dives into controversies, rivalries, and band breakups. And lastly,
there's a dissection of how evolutions of punk carry on today, in
recorded music and in wider pop culture.
If you, or someone close to you, is obsessed with the nitty-gritty of
the Punk movement, then this book is a must-have.
