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Summary: amazing
Review: An absolutely gorgeous book. Even if you don't [care] about punk rock, it would still be fascinating.This is also an exceptional historical document. The history of the margins is lost so easily -- a book like this does a tremendous service to posterity. As to the guy from SF who says that this book distorts history and gives "unnatural significance to marginal bands..." Well, it probably does, and so what??!! [....]
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Summary: An Important and Well Designed Document
Review: As a poster artist myself I found this book to be a great asset. With all the computer generated art out today its great to see some hands on work.With a lot of style and attitude this was punk!
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Summary: Essential to understanding punk rock.
Review: my brother has a copy of this book, and i just loved it. it has everything. it's great, every fan of punk rock should own this book.
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Summary: so cool
Review: my brother has a copy of this book, and i just loved it. it has everything. it's great, every fan of punk rock should own this book.
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Summary: Essential to understanding punk rock.
Review: This book shows that punk rock lived (lives?) more on a local level than history would show. It's about being in bands, going to local shows at clubs that might last 6 months, making your own fliers - essentially the DIY concept. My only gripe with the book is that it gives an unnatural significance to *very* marginal bands, whom I'm won't name. Let's just say that some folks wanted to rewrite history and overstate their significance in the local scene. Overall, though, this is the kind of book I never thought would see print. Old PR fliers; who would want to see those? At least a few people, I guess...
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Summary: Punk's Not Dead
Review: Yeah, the statement is cliche now but this book proves that it once thrived all by itself without the help of media darlings like Blink-182, et. al. who survive only by virtue of the MTV generation. I was especially pleased to see venues local to me displaying their names proudly on fliers, signs that something more real than burnt out Silicon Valley culture once existed in the Bay Area. This book is worth every penny both for those who were there and those who wish they were.
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