(Part 2) Best books about punk music according to redditors

Dude, being "right" doesn't make you a fascist. I'm gonna take the charitable view and assume you're just hearing all the far-left folks cry wolf and made a bad inference.

Johnny was more or less a product of his time, locale, and position in life. He wasn't a racist fucko, but he was definitely a mid-century American. He wanted to watch his baseball, he hated touring in Europe despite it being a major source of income. He just wanted to be an American in America. At worst, I think it would be fair to characterize him as "an ugly American", the type of person who travels the world but doesn't care to observe or experience the culture. They just want their cheeseburger, twenty ice-cubes in a glass, and unlimited refills. If you're interested, read the book On the Road with the Ramones, it's written by their tour manager so it's got a fair source talking about everything.

https://www.amazon.com/Come-As-You-Are-Nirvana/dp/0385471998https://www.amazon.com/Heavier-Than-Heaven-Biography-Cobain/dp/0786884029/ref=sr_1_1?


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https://www.amazon.com/Serving-Servant-Remembering-Kurt-Cobain/dp/0062861506/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cobain&qid=1557248502&s=books&sr=1-1https://www.amazon.com/Journals-Kurt-Cobain/dp/157322359X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=kurt+cobain&qid=1557248532&s=books&sr=1-2


https://www.amazon.com/Nirvana-Complete-Illustrated-Charles-Cross/dp/076034521X/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Nirvana&qid=1557248588&s=books&sr=1-3


https://www.amazon.com/Cobain-Unseen-Charles-R-Cross/dp/0316033723/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=cobain+unseen&qid=1557248615&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmrnull

I fucking love The Clash, top 5 band of mine for sure. Some of my favorite songs of theirs are off their first album: White Riot, Jail Guitar Doors, Janie Jones, Police & Thieves, I Fought The Law, (I know the last 2 are covers).
As for London Calling, I recently read Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and London Calling by Marcus Gray which was over 500 friggen pages but it was still pretty damn interesting.

That first perfect high, the novelty, it's like someone turned the tap on full blast and you knew what could exist and after that short taste you've never been able to get the tap to where it felt like it had been then. Chasing that high, trying to recreate the circumstances, maybe even missing the moment in front of you... suddenly the recollection alone becomes like a high, a secret kept in a box. It hurts so good, you know you shouldn't, but nothing compares.

Golden Brown by The Stranglers is a song that "works on two levels. It's about heroin and also about a girl."

Only you can be the judge of whether or not you are addicted to your recollections of her as it's not even her you're craving and revisiting anymore, you're not in an abusive or destructive relationship with someone you know you should leave - it's the past alone that hurts so good.

There are loads of great, crazy stories about the recording of various albums by The Fall. Several are recounted in these two books (along with many other stories):

The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall
The Fallen: Life In and Out of Britain's Most Insane Group

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Edit: should have prefaced this by saying that a lot of us seem quite fond of our books so I thought I would share a few of mine from a recent splurge. Also reading The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn on my e-reader.


Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever: The Completely Ridiculous Edition was the first one I read and it was wonderful. if you are not familiar, their neighbours are Hall & Oates and they are "Satanists". Hilarity ensues.

Chris Connelly wrote up a pretty good account of its making. It's worth a read, IMHO

If you're interested in the subject, check out this book: https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Vitriol-Subcultures-Hardcore-Generation/dp/1617030732

Great book on the Gilman scene

Hey, yeah I left a comment yesterday about this, I got it on their bandcamp, very few copies left though I'd guess they're gone now.

The book can be found on Amazon though, I've been really enjoying it so far:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/God-Forgive-These-Bastards-Forgotten/dp/1621068765

I second Our Band Could Be Your Life and Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, and add Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds and Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus

Pretty in Punk: 25 Punk, Rock, and Goth Knitting Projects

Dharma Punx - Noah Levine

Kein Roman aber [Dorfpunks von Rocko Schamoni]
(https://www.amazon.de/Dorfpunks-Rocko-Schamoni/dp/3499241161) ist ganz witzig zu lesen.

Auch [Mischa-Sarim Vérollet - Das Leben ist keine Waldorfschule] (https://www.amazon.de/kindle-dbs/author/ref=mw_dp_a_ap?_encoding=UTF8&author=Mischa-Sarim%20V%C3%A9rollet&searchAlias=books&asin=B004JSUY0K) ist ganz witzig

The evolution of a Cro-Magnon is a pretty solid book. It is an autobiography of John Joseph McGowan. He was the lead singer of a hardcore punk band called the cro-mags that was popular in the 1980s. This book has some really interesting stories. They are so interesting that they might not even be real but still it's a fun book to read.

There was three really great books that I found extremely helpful foodwise when I was a vegan. They're also chock full of easy to make great recipes.

http://www.amazon.com/Please-Dont-Feed-Bears-Cookbook/dp/097705571X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317867686&sr=8-1 Please don't feed the Bears is an excellent zine-esque cookbook that focuses on cheap and easy to make vegan meals while educating you about the health benefits.

http://www.amazon.com/Soy-Not-Oi-Joel-Olson/dp/1904859194/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317868985&sr=1-1
Product Description
An authorized reprint of the classic vegan cookbook. Over 100 recipes designed to destroy the government, complete with musical notes to accompany the chef. A sure-fire winner for every revolutionary palate

It's fairly anarchist slanted but it's chock full of great recipes.

http://www.amazon.com/New-Farm-Vegetarian-Cookbook/dp/0913990604/ref=pd_sim_b29
THIS RIGHT HERE IS ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS EVER.

Ignore the fact that it says vegetarian, as most of the book is chock full of vegan stuff. They also teach you how to keep a healthy diet and keep your vitamins up.

[Die Young With Me by Rob Rufus.] (https://www.amazon.com/Die-Young-Me-Rob-Rufus/dp/1501142623) It's about a punk West Virginia getting cancer and how he dealt with everything. I couldn't put this book down.

The dude who punched him put out a book about it. And since we're talking about [Glenn] (http://www.metalinjection.net/around-the-interwebs/photographic-proof-bricks-danzigs-house) Danzig...

Everyone should read "Reaching Out with No Hands: Rediscovering Yoko Ono" by Lisa Carver.
http://www.amazon.com/Reaching-Out-No-Hands-Reconsidering/dp/161713094X

Also currently reading:
Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys by Viv Albertine
http://www.amazon.com/Clothes-Clothes-Music-Music-Boys/dp/1250065992/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422291372&sr=1-1&keywords=music+clothes+boys
And just got this over the holidays:
A Scene In Between: Tripping through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980-1988
http://www.amazon.com/Scene-Between-Tripping-Fashions-1980-1988/dp/1908714069/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422291536&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Scene+in+Between%3A+Tripping+Through+the+Fashions+of+UK+Indie+Music+1980-1988&pebp=1422291540297&peasin=1908714069

Obviously you are a NEWBIE to the Market! So a brief history lesson. Some of those crust punks are from the punk era and were members of a punk band Bunchof****ingoofs or BFG for short. They have been in the market since the 80's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVeRuUNxars
There is a book about them
https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Drunk-Punk-Twisted-Bunchofuckingoofs/dp/1897415281
And they even have Wiki page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunchofuckingoofs
Included in the group of Pushy's sometimes is a guy who plays bagpipes at the corner of Univ and Queen NE corner, another busks outside the LCBO on Spadina, one of the doing nothing people went to the U of T and studied Astrology or something along those lines. These punks helped clean the cocaine out the Market, others do drop by the lane cause these guys don't discriminate against anyone. Previously they had a Fort and a bar where they hung out but times bars and buildings and people are changing. Next time you're there buy a beer sit and chat with them or stop and chat with them they will provbably offer you a beer! They love their dogs, ask for Jamesenstein and ask about his old dog thats now desceased Sir Ralph...

Source
I've been hanging in the Market over 35 years, living, working, shopping.