American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush
It was very hard to get started reading American Hardcore: A Tribal History without a series of expectations already built in. I had read so many reviews of the book and heard so much complaining from a number of people that it seemed like I would get nothing [...]

“Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” by Legs McNeil and Gillian Anderson

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

“Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” by Legs McNeil and Gillian Anderson
The argument has been going on since the first Clash album as to who “started” punk rock.
The between-the-lines argument is just as old: US versus UK. Depending on who you ask, the music we anarchists(TM) cherish was born to the tradition [...]