Punk Revolution!
An Oral History of Punk Rock Politics and Activism
Zusammenfassung
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.
Schlagworte
social justice Protest United Kingdom DIY HARDCORE popular culture Pacifism Rock anarchism post-punk Please Kill Me The Clash Sex Pistols Ramones Riot Grrrl Rock Against Reagan anti-establishment Leftöver Crack Circle Jerks Dead Kennedys John Lydon Bad Religion Black Flag Gang of Four Greg Graffin Henry Rollins Crass underground culture new wave no future straight edge movements MDC direct action leftismKeywords
music Music History 1970s 1980s- 19–36 2: Do It Yourself 19–36
- 85–94 6: Tijuana No! 85–94
- 95–110 7: Pansy Division 95–110
- 111–124 8: Positive Force 111–124
- 125–146 9: “Fight War Not Wars” 125–146
- 189–208 13: “I Am an Anarchist” 189–208
- 223–238 15: “White Riot” 223–238
- 293–302 19: Burn Punk London 293–302
- 331–334 Notes 331–334
- 335–340 List of Interviews 335–340
- 341–356 Index 341–356
- 357–358 About the Author 357–358