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''To see The Clash on the White Riot tour was like discovering how to be a rock star: you just did it yourself. You didn''t wait for someone to come and discover you. That was the most important thing that came out of punk... We came home and we cut our hair and bought skinny trousers. It was year zero. That was the moment for me'' Billy Bragg

Punk Rock is a book like no other. It is an oral history of a radical movement which exploded in Seventies Britain. With its own clothes, hair, artwork, fanzines and radical politics, Punk boasted a DIY ethos that meant anyone could take part. The scene was uniquely vibrant and energetic, leaving an extraordinary legacy of notorious events, charismatic characters and inspirational music.

John Robb has spent over a year interviewing more than 100 contributors including Glen Matlock, Mick Jones, Don Letts, Slash, Billy Bragg, Hugh Cornwell and Captain Sensible. Now, for the first time, they give the inside view on ev

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John Robb is a great writer... and he is supremely qualified in my opinion to talk about punk rock -- Mick Jones, The Clash
John Robb is as punk rock as The Clash -- Alan McGee

Punk Rock

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Ebury Press
      Published 27 February 2006
      ISBN-13 9780091905118
      978-0091905118
      ISBN-10 0091905117
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      Entertainment Art music, orchestral and formal music History Oral history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''To see The Clash on the White Riot tour was like discovering how to be a rock star: you just did it yourself. You didn''t wait for someone to come and discover you. That was the most important thing that came out of punk... We came home and we cut our hair and bought skinny trousers. It was year zero. That was the moment for me'' Billy Bragg

      Punk Rock is a book like no other. It is an oral history of a radical movement which exploded in Seventies Britain. With its own clothes, hair, artwork, fanzines and radical politics, Punk boasted a DIY ethos that meant anyone could take part. The scene was uniquely vibrant and energetic, leaving an extraordinary legacy of notorious events, charismatic characters and inspirational music.

      John Robb has spent over a year interviewing more than 100 contributors including Glen Matlock, Mick Jones, Don Letts, Slash, Billy Bragg, Hugh Cornwell and Captain Sensible. Now, for the first time, they give the inside view on ev

      Trade Review
      John Robb is a great writer... and he is supremely qualified in my opinion to talk about punk rock -- Mick Jones, The Clash
      John Robb is as punk rock as The Clash -- Alan McGee

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