Each month, the school I attended until December gives away a book to someone active on their facebook-page - to their "fan of the month". I was fan of the month in December, and got to pick a book worth up to 25€. I had been toying with the idea of getting this for years, but always ended up getting several novels for what I would have had to spend on this - so it kept chilling on my amazon wishlist, trying to tempt me... until school asked me what I wanted.
"Punk Diary is a day-by-day account of exactly how this historic and mythologized era came to pass. Here's all the data, important and trivial, prestend to you just as it unfolded through an astounding 13 years. The early '70s were a dreary time for music. The latest thing seemed to be introspective singer-songwriters who poured their souls into convoluted lyrics and strummy-strummy noodling, or the ponderous, overproduced hogwash of Queen, Genesis, Yes, and their ilk. There was nothing that average kids could hope to indentify with; they couldn't participate. What was needed was to roll back the clock to the mid '60s, when garage bands could plunk out a few raw chords and produce a rattle that would send parents running for their earplugs. By the time 1975 came around, the stage was not only set for a revolution in music, they players were already in the wings, warming up.
There is no other book that so clearly shows how all the pieces fit together, or that lets you be your own rock analyst armed with an expert's fact file. No opinions here; only the day-to-day reality, just as if you were living it all over again, or for the very first time."
As someone who not only enjoys listening to more contemporary music, but also to bands like The Clash and the Sex Pistols, I am curious to dig my way through this book. (:
Find Punk Diary - The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock 1970-1982 on amazon.
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