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From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World
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OPEC Rock (The 1970s)
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Great book on the CBGB's era of punk rock.…more

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Andy
Apr 09, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: rock-sleaze
"New York Rocker" was a cute newspaper but this is better. Cuts through all the nicety nice about the groovy CBGB's scene and lets you know what Blondie and Television and Richard Hell and Pere Ubu and Suicide were really going through. And Kiss and Lydia Lunch are in here, too. No stone unturned! ...more
Rebecca
May 28, 2008 rated it really liked it
Richard Hell is still cooler than Tom Verlaine. Debbie Harry is more entertaining than Patti Smith. I still don't care about the history of Cleveland punk.
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Julia Destiny Radway
Jun 25, 2013 marked it as to-read
Ray
Dec 07, 2011 rated it really liked it
Jake
Nov 01, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: non-fiction, music