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Book SynopsisPunk rock may have started in the United Kingdom and United States but it certainly didn't stay in either country. The genre flew around the globe like a contagion, touching off simultaneous movements in nearly every market imaginable: Japan, Yugoslavia, the Philippines, South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Mexico, Poland, Burma, Singapore, and Turkey, among countless others. Performing punk rock in many of these places wasn't just rebellious, it was legitimately dangerous, thanks to regimes far more oppressive and brutal than what existed in the West.Brave Punk World immerses readers in these foreign scenes, describing the lifestyles and art of passionate, hard-charging groups who remain secret to the punk majority but who are just as crucial as the Ramones or the Sex Pistols. James Greene, Jr. explores Brazilian bands like Ulster who angrily protested and openly mocked their region''s cruel dictatorship, Germans such as Slime who see many of their songs still banned to this day, the Alg
Trade Review"Greene, Jr., who wrote a killer biography of the Misfits a couple of years ago, not only leaves American cities like New York and Seattle to find punk, he literally spans the globe encyclopedically chronicling the bands, scenes, fanzines, and cultural phenomenon of the musical movement everywhere else in the universe." - Substream's "Top Ten Music Books of 2017" * Substream Magazine *
I absolutely inhaled this book! Greene's writing is filled with enthusiastic taste and warmth and fascinating tales of anti-establishment action. This book is the condensed proof that punk rock erupted all over the world at the same time. -- Rolf Yngve Uggen, guitarist, Gluecifer and Smoke Mohawk
In this fascinating and well-researched book, James shares the highlights of punk music from lands all over this very Earth...James does a fantastic job of a) setting the stage of what each society is like, be it repressive, corrupt, conservative, liberal, violent, impoverished, etc, and (b) outlining the histories and key releases of the most important bands...I loved this book. -- Mark Prindle
Table of ContentsPart I: Asia 1.Heaven’s Penis: Japan 2.Be the Change: India 3.The Tank Girl(s): Nepal 4.Howlin’ Pinoy Chaos: Philippines 5.What They Eat Is Conscience: China 6.Geeks, Nuts, & Burgled Meat: South Korea Part II: The U.S.S.R. & The Eastern Bloc 7.We Expect Uncle Death: Estonia 8.Never Mind the Bolsheviks: Russia 9.Careful Thought Won’t Harm Even a Chicken: Czechoslovakia 10.I Would Love to Rip Your Ears Off: Hungary 11.Grey Reality: Poland 12.No Borders, No Time Limits: Yugoslavia 13.Bullenschweine: East Germany Part III: Western Europe 14.With My Finger in Your Ass: West Germany 15.Get Out of My Pocket: Austria 16.Who Do You Think You Are?: Belgium 17.Pulse of Life: Finland 18.Transcending Decay & Corruption: France 19.Rock Right Context: Iceland 20.Not to be Dying: Italy 21.Nothing Can Go Wrong: Netherland 22.Milkmaids & Murder: Norway 23.Many Police, Little Fun: Spain 24.We’re Only in It for the Drugs: Sweden Part IV: Africa 25.Smoke That Thunders: Zambia 26.Rock n’ Raï: Algeria 27.International News: South Africa Part V: Central & South America 28.Who Lives?: Peru 29.Random Punk Rock Chupaderos: El Salvador 30.If There Is Something to Be Saved It’s the Youth: Argentina 31.No Split between God and the Devil: Brazil 32.We Do Not Need Flags: Chile 33.Vultures, Invaders, Stomachs: Uruguay Part VI: North America 34.Poets of Noise: Mexico 35.Heads, Shitheads, and Dishrags: Canada 36.Death Is a Door: Cuba vii. Oceania 37.New Centre of the Universe: Australia 38.Your Name Maketh It: New Zealand Selected Discography
