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Punk revolution! : an oral history of punk rock politics and activism / [edited by] John Malkin ; foreword by Klee Benally.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]Description: xviii, 357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538171721
  • 1538171724
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Contents:
Introduction: "What You Think Changes How You Act" -- Mixing Punk & Politics : Common Ground For The Revolution -- Do It Yourself : DIY Together -- We Are All Pussy Riot : Punk On The Front Lines, Russia To Myanmar, China To Mexico -- East Berlin Punk : Clandestine Concerts Behind The Berlin Wall -- Music Is That Powerful Tool : Blackfire Navajo Punks -- Tijuana No! : Latin Punk Rock From Peru To Mexico To East L.A. -- Pansy Division : Out Of The Closet Into The Slampit -- Positive Force : Mark Andersen And Fugazi In Washington D.C. -- "Fight War Not Wars" : Punk Rock, Militarism, And War -- Just Another Gulf War : Punk, US Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan, And 9/11 -- "America! Fuck Yeah!" : Punks Perform For US Soldiers -- "Nazi Trumps Fuck Off!" : Punk In The Trump Era -- "I Am An Anarchist" : Anti-Authoritarian Soundtrack -- "To Hell With Poverty" : Capitalism And Class In Punk Rock -- "White Riot" : Race And Anti-Racism In Punk -- "Equal But Different" : Gender And Feminism In Punk -- The Revolution Is Personal : Politics With A Small "P" -- The Revolution Will Be Commodified -- Burn Punk London : Joe Corré And Extinction Rebellion -- How Revolutionary Has Punk Rock Been? -- Where Is The Revolution Now?
Summary: "This is the most wide-ranging and provocative look at punk rock as a social change movement over the past forty-five years, told through first-hand accounts of roughly 250 musicians and activists. John Malkin brings together punk's most famous figures as well as underground voices, creating a new and insightful history of punk throughout the ages"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The most wide-ranging and provocative look at punk rock as a social change movement told through firsthand accounts

Punk rock has been on the front lines of activism since exploding on the scene in the 1970s. Punk Revolution! is a reflection on this cultural movement over the past 45 years, told through firsthand accounts of hundreds of musicians and activists.

John Malkin brings together a wide cast of characters that include major punk and postpunk musicians (members of The Ramones, Bad Religion, Crass, Dead Kennedys, Patti Smith's band, Gang of Four, Sex Pistols, Iggy & the Stooges, Talking Heads, The Slits, and more), important figures influenced by the punk movement (Noam Chomsky, Kalle Lasn, Keith McHenry, Marjane Satrapi, Laurie Anderson, and Kenneth Jarecke), and underground punk voices. These insightful, radical, and often funny conversations travel through rebellions against Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin, to punk activism that has taken on nuclear war, neoliberalism, modern warfare, patriarchy, white supremacy, the police, settler colonialism, the climate crisis, and more.

The result is a fresh and unique, global history of punk throughout the ages.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "What You Think Changes How You Act" -- Mixing Punk & Politics : Common Ground For The Revolution -- Do It Yourself : DIY Together -- We Are All Pussy Riot : Punk On The Front Lines, Russia To Myanmar, China To Mexico -- East Berlin Punk : Clandestine Concerts Behind The Berlin Wall -- Music Is That Powerful Tool : Blackfire Navajo Punks -- Tijuana No! : Latin Punk Rock From Peru To Mexico To East L.A. -- Pansy Division : Out Of The Closet Into The Slampit -- Positive Force : Mark Andersen And Fugazi In Washington D.C. -- "Fight War Not Wars" : Punk Rock, Militarism, And War -- Just Another Gulf War : Punk, US Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan, And 9/11 -- "America! Fuck Yeah!" : Punks Perform For US Soldiers -- "Nazi Trumps Fuck Off!" : Punk In The Trump Era -- "I Am An Anarchist" : Anti-Authoritarian Soundtrack -- "To Hell With Poverty" : Capitalism And Class In Punk Rock -- "White Riot" : Race And Anti-Racism In Punk -- "Equal But Different" : Gender And Feminism In Punk -- The Revolution Is Personal : Politics With A Small "P" -- The Revolution Will Be Commodified -- Burn Punk London : Joe Corré And Extinction Rebellion -- How Revolutionary Has Punk Rock Been? -- Where Is The Revolution Now?

"This is the most wide-ranging and provocative look at punk rock as a social change movement over the past forty-five years, told through first-hand accounts of roughly 250 musicians and activists. John Malkin brings together punk's most famous figures as well as underground voices, creating a new and insightful history of punk throughout the ages"-- Provided by publisher.

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