Please Kill Me
the uncensored oral history of punk
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
5 August 1997
Summary
Please Kill Me: The Decadent Oral History of American Punk
What Britain refined, America defined. Assembled by two key figures at the heart of the movement and told through the voices of musicians, artists, iconoclastic reporters and entrepreneurial groupies, Please Kill Me is the full decadent story of the American punk scene, through the early years of Andy Warhol’s Factory to the New York underground of Max’s Kansas City and later, its heyday at CBGB’s, spiritual home to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349108803 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349108803 |
| Series: | Abacus |
| Author: | Gillian McCain, Legs McNeil |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 5 August 1997 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 187mm x 125mm x 37mm |
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Monumental and intensely entertaining
Comes as close to capturing the coruscated brilliance and vein-puncturing style of the Blank Generation as the written word is likely to get - MOJO
Archly contentious and enormously enjoyable - SUNDAY TIMESMonumental and intensely entertaining - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYAbout The Author
Gillian McCain
Legs McNeil is responsible for naming the movement ‘punk’ and is the author of Yuppie like Me. Gillian McCain is a published poet and a former editor of the Poetry Project Newsletter.
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