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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
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"Ranks up there with the great rock & roll books of all time."--Time Out New York "Lurid, insolent, disorderly, funny, sometimes gross, sometimes mean and occasionally touching . . . Resounds with authenticity."--The New York Times "No volume serves juicier dish on punk's New York birth . . . Tales of sex, drugs and music that will make you wish you'd been there."--Rolling Stone A contemporary classic, Please Kill Me is the definitive oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Richard Hell, the Ramones, and scores of other punk figures lend their voices to this decisive account of that explosive era. This 20th anniversary edition features new photos and an afterword by the authors. "Utterly and shamelessly sensational."--Newsday
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: McNeil, Legs
- ISBN: 9780802125361
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.30
- Number Of Pages: 448
- Publication Year: 2016
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Why spitting, drugs, and sex are a part of rock 'n' roll
Lauren A. - 2 years agoPunk music was more than just a sound, it was a feeling, a lifestyle. It was an event in time that seemed to change youth culture as we know it, and erased all limitations of what music should be. And no one knows that better than the people who were a part of it. Please Kill Me is an informative look back at the seventies phenomenon that grew out of anger and political frustration. Instead of painting a picture with descriptive words of the scene, Please Kill Me uses oral interviews from the people who were really there, including Patti Smith, Dee Dee Ramone, Lou Reed and Johnny Rotten. However, instead of sounding like a bunch of washed up has beens, Please Kill Me reads like a novel, despite not being written that way at all. Legs McNeil, who was one of the founding members of the magazine "Punk" delivers this stunning piece of art that takes to the underside of these stars that wrecked the stage and spit into the crowd to show us what they were like backstage. McNeil organizes these words to paint a picture of a loud, angry energy that filled these people all the way to the end where they took drugs to make them feel nothing instead. It's an uncensored look at punk music that shows us that it was more than just a phase of loud sounding guitars, it was a movement where people discovered who they were and what they wanted.
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A Perfect Retrospective On 70's Punk
Dan F. - 2 years 6 months agoLegs Mcneil's Please Kill Me is a must read for music nerds. Especially if you're someone such as myself who has a huge love for a lot of punk and alternative acts to push the genre forward starting from the late 60's to the early 80's. Featuring interviews with everyone from Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Patti Smith just to name a few. Please Kill Me Is not only a great examination of the genre as a whole but the pivotal artists that made it so legendary.
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Callin from the fun house
Sara E. - 3 years agoDo you ever find yourself listening to I Wanna Be Your Dog and think Man, I wish I could teleport back in time to the Detroit punk scene fifty years ago? No? You will after hearing about it first-hand. From MC5 and the Stooges to Dead Boys and the Ramones, Please Kill Me is chock-full of wild anecdotes straight from the mouths of those who lived it.
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