Read This Book....
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gilian McCain
While listening to Television (below) you should surf over to Amazon and buy this book right now!
This was given to me by a friend in christmas 05, and it is one of the best books on punk ever written. It covers the early stages of the punk movement, starting with The Velvet Underground and covering much of the early CBGBs scene as well as the MC5 and the Stooges out of Michigan and of course the Sex Pistols and other UK scenesters. The story is told in anecdotes by people who were there, including Dee Dee Ramone and many others. It is raunchy, hilarious and stunning. The drugs and sex these guys went through is unbelievable and all the stories about Iggy Pop will have you thinking he is a god among men.
There is so much in this book that it cant really be put in a review. So do yourself a favor and read it yourself.
Let me know what you think.
posted by blend77 at 12:07 AM
8 Comments:
I've just read this book. Great stuff for anyone interested in american punk
what you said about iggy was perfect. since reading that book (and seeing the photos from the nyc shows last week) i'm convinced he'll never die.
true...the man is a living golden god...he has more energy at 60 then i have at 30....and hes in better shape!! haha!!
he puts us all to shame, and hes gotten more ass then one man should have...
Dude this sounds as a good book, im gonna look it up add the American Book Center ASP.
I recently watched American Hardcore, and i recommend it to everone who was or still in Hardcore or Punk. Damn, it was awsome to see all my heroes from the 80's and early 90's. So cool to see Jimmy Gestapo, Josheps, Rollins and all these other guys. Tell there stories.
i have to see that movie...
Here is a link to the IMDB;
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419434/
buy it if you can!!!!
...sorry me again, watch the trailer here;
http://www.sonyclassics.com/americanhardcore/
thanks bro.
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