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London's Burning: True Adventures on the Front Lines of Punk, 1976-1977

By Dave Thompson

Book information

Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Year
2009
ISBN
1556527691, 9781556527692
LCC
ML3534.6.G7 T46 2009
Open Library ID
OL22542558M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8323036 bytes)
Pages
345\345
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

London’s Burning is the story of punk rock as it happened, stripped of hindsight and future legend, and laid bare. Here are the Damned and the Adverts on tour, the Sex Pistols swearing through their prime-time television debut, the Tom Robinson Band conducting a club full of skinheads through the anthem “Glad to Be Gay,” rioting Rastas running through the carnage that closed the Notting Hill Carnival, Sid Vicious arguing about which was David Bowie’s best song. At the same time, it is a personal story of a confused but dedicated sixteen-year-old looking not just for kicks and great music, but for a cultural revolution--and finding one in his back yard.

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