I love oral histories and I thought that would carry me through, but I think more familiarity with the bands and band members is important.

Really innovative and really interesting...entertaining...I like it ( )

I loved this. At times it was hilarious, others it was disgusting and at the very end, increasingly tragic. It put me through a whirlwind of emotions and it was written and compiled engagingly. I loved it. ( )

I read this book years after my teenaged experience with punk music in the late 70's - early 80's. It was fun to relive those years and learn all about the stories behind the music.

Can anyone who is not part of the Blank Generation really get this book? As the little brothers and sisters of the Baby Boomers, we were musically abused by them.....they tried to brainwash us into believing that their music was the "be-all, end-all, best ever, forever, amen" and punk was just the thing to throw in their faces. If it hadn't been for punk I might have believed them and these days I would be one of those sad, middle aged people still buying tickets for Journey and Styx concerts. To this day I cannot listen to the Beatles.....the Baby Boomers totally ruined it for me. (also, can't stand Grateful Dead either....oh my god, yuck!!!!!)

People might criticize their nihilism, but years later, I can see how the Clash and the Sex Pistols were right about everything. As for their hedonism and low survival rate, I say, good for them, rock stars should burn out and not fade away.....at least we have far, far fewer decrepit old wrecks still trying to imitate youth by getting up on stage and playing songs nobody really wants to hear anymore.

Anyone under 40 should not read this book or listen to classic punk....you have your own music, listen to it. ( )

devastated that I’ve finished, I never wanted it to end !!! ( )