Punk, new wave & indie

Poly Styrene was a singer-songwriter, an artist, a free-thinker, a post-modern style pioneer and a lifelong spiritual seeker: a true punk icon. But this rebel queen with the cheeky grin was also a latter-day pop artist with a wickedly perceptive g...

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The ultimate blow-by-blow account of Sweden's legendary death metal underground, based on exclusive interviews with members of Nihilist/ Entombed, In Flames, At the Gates, Dismember, Grave, Hypocrisy, Opeth, Unleashed, Marduk, Morbid, Mob 47, Dera...

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<i>"En enastående memoar från ett kvinnofängelse!" </i> <b>Margaret Atwood</b> <i>"I repressiva politiska system är ironi och svart humor några av de mest effektiva vapnen. Det är just dessa vapen som M...

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»Den bästa bok som skrivits om punkhistorien.« | JAN GRADVALL »En av de bästa rockböcker som någonsin skrivits.« | TIME OUT »Ingen bok serverar en mustigare version av punkens födelse i New York Berättelser om sex, droger och musik som får en att ...

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Rough Trade's Book of the Year Electronic Sound Magazine's Book of the Year Mute Records is one of the most revered and influential independent music labels of all time. Through the music of its tight-knit community of artists - ranging from Cabar...

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Lars Sundestrands fanzine Funtime var nystartat när han första gången kom i kontakt med Ebba Grön. En spelning i den lilla lokalen Sprängkullen blev början på en livslång vänskap. Bandet sov hos Lars när de hade spelningar i Göteborg och när de va...

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John Ingham saw The Sex Pistols in April of 1976 and knew punk was the future. A founding writer for the British music paper Sounds, Ingham chronicled the emerging punk movement that ground shaking year and beyond, writing variously for The Observ...

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»Berättar hela den galna historien.« | ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE »Ive put it all down, every bit from the heart. Im going out on a limb here, so watch my back.« | BILLY IDOL En av de tidigaste punkarkitekterna soundet, stilen, ilskan vars putmun och ...

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The Sex Pistols have defined the look, sound, and feel of the punk movement since they formed in London in 1975. Together for less than three years a short run that included just four singles and one studio album before they broke up in 1978 their...

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"Weniger als eine Viertelstunde, nachdem sie ihr 15-minütiges Set beendet hatten, traf ich mich mit den Bandmitgliedern und teilte ihnen mit, dass ich ihr Manager werden wollte."Als legendärer Manager, Publizist, Journalist und Label-Ges...

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It's 1982 and the Ramones are in a gutter-bound spiral. Following a run of inconsistent albums and deep in the throes of internal tensions, the legendary quartet is about to crash and burn. Enter Richie Ramone. Then a 26-year-old from New Jersey n...

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A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists--Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong...

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On the occasion of Blondie's fortieth anniversary, Chris Stein shares his iconic and mostly unpublished photographs of Debbie Harry and the cool creatures of the '70s and '80s New York rock scene. While a student at the School of Visual Arts, Chri...

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"PER GRANBERG HAR GJORT VÄRLDEN SANNARE OCH STÖRRE" Detta är en bok med Per Granbergs låttexter och berättelser om hur det gick till när låtarna föddes. Detta är en bok om en människa, en bok om punk, en bok om ett liv. Detta är en bok o...

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En fotobok om husockupationer och politisk aktivism med bilder tagna av ungdomar under fester, aktioner och vardag åren 1985-1989 i Stockholm. Mellan 1985 och 1989 ockuperades flera rivningshotade hus i Stockholm. Ungdomarna som genomförde protest...

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Hur var det för The Rude Kids att spela i folkparkerna just efter att deras Raggare is a bunch of motherfuckers hade släppts? Vad tyckte släkten om Perverts onanihyllning Ronka? Vad tänkte rikspolischefen på när han en gång skrev punk-klassikern K...

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_____________________ Foreword by Chrissie Hynde Without the Sex Pistols there would be no Punk. And without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pistols. It was Steve who formed Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols, the band that eventually went on to be...

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A new collection of unseen photographs of New York City's 1970s punk heyday, by one of the icons of the city's golden age of new wave, Blondie's Chris Stein. A new collection of unseen photographs of New York City's 1970s punk heyday, by one of th...

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This stunning visual memoir portrays a unique period in music and fashion. Shot by Roberta Bayley, one of the New York punk scene's most prominent photographers, the photographs chronicle the band from its earliest days, performing before hard-to-...

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The image of Jordan in her white shards of beehive and Mondrian make-up is one of the most iconic in pop history. But nobody knows what was really going on behind those watchful eyes when Anarchy hit the UK. How did a ballet-mad girl from sleepy S...

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These essays bring into clearer focus the transformation in the study of Russian music that has occurred since glasnost. Concentrating on Russian music since 1917, the volume shows how censorship in the USSR hindered developments in scholarship, a...

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Glen Matlock was a founding member of the Sex Pistols and co-wrote most of their iconic songs. His story of the Pistols' rise to global infamy is an honest, insightful account of a group of intelligent malcontents, determined to change the music b...

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Introduction by Steven Blush. The controversial life story of hardcore punk rocker, told by the man himself.

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A compelling visual portrait of a time, place, and subculture that raised a middle finger to modern society Oh So Pretty: Punk in Print 1976-80 is an unrivalled collection of visually striking ephemera from Britain's punk subculture. It presents 5...

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TOTAL CHAOS is the first book telling Iggy Pop's story of The Stooges from his own words. Grammy winning editor and avid music historian Jeff Gold spent two days at the rock legend's home sharing pictures and memorabilia from his collection. Featu...

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