Matthew Worley is Professor of Modern History at the University of Reading. He has written widely on punk-related cultures in various journals and is the author of Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976–88 (2024).

'illuminating and thoroughly engrossing' Shindig

• Foreword; Introduction; Teenage warning: punk, politics and youth culture; 1. What's this for? Punk's contested meanings; 2. Rock and roll (even): punk as cultural critique; 3. Tell us the truth: reportage, realism and abjection; 4. Suburban relapse: the politics of boredom; 5. Who needs a parliament? Punk and politics; 6. Anatomy is not destiny: punk as personal politics I; 7. Big Man, Big M.A.N: punk as personal politics II; 8. No future: punk as dystopia; Conclusion; Alternatives: chaos and finish; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index.

Matthew Worley is Professor of Modern History at the University of Reading. He has written widely on punk-related cultures in various journals and is the author of Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976–88 (2024).

'illuminating and thoroughly engrossing' Shindig

• Foreword; Introduction; Teenage warning: punk, politics and youth culture; 1. What's this for? Punk's contested meanings; 2. Rock and roll (even): punk as cultural critique; 3. Tell us the truth: reportage, realism and abjection; 4. Suburban relapse: the politics of boredom; 5. Who needs a parliament? Punk and politics; 6. Anatomy is not destiny: punk as personal politics I; 7. Big Man, Big M.A.N: punk as personal politics II; 8. No future: punk as dystopia; Conclusion; Alternatives: chaos and finish; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index.

Matthew Worley is Professor of Modern History at the University of Reading. He has written widely on punk-related cultures in various journals and is the author of Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976–88 (2024).

'illuminating and thoroughly engrossing' Shindig

• Foreword; Introduction; Teenage warning: punk, politics and youth culture; 1. What's this for? Punk's contested meanings; 2. Rock and roll (even): punk as cultural critique; 3. Tell us the truth: reportage, realism and abjection; 4. Suburban relapse: the politics of boredom; 5. Who needs a parliament? Punk and politics; 6. Anatomy is not destiny: punk as personal politics I; 7. Big Man, Big M.A.N: punk as personal politics II; 8. No future: punk as dystopia; Conclusion; Alternatives: chaos and finish; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index.