Informazioni su questo prodotto

Product Identifiers

PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.

ISBN-100609807749

ISBN-139780609807743

eBay Product ID (ePID)102854819

Product Key Features

Book TitleWe Got the Neutron Bomb : the Untold Story of L. A. Punk

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Punk, Composers & Musicians, General, Genres & Styles / Rock

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMarc Spitz, Brendan Mullen

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.4 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-049137

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"When Gillian McCain and I wrotePlease Kill Me, a number of people asked us, 'What about the L.A. punk scene?' We said 'That's another book.' And now Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen have finally written it. It's about time." -Legs McNeil, "When Gillian McCain and I wrote Please Kill Me , a number of people asked us, 'What about the L.A. punk scene?' We said 'That's another book.' And now Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen have finally written it. It's about time." -Legs McNeil

Dewey Decimal781.66

SynopsisTaking us back to late '70s and early '80s Hollywoodpre-crack, pre-AIDS, pre-Reagan We Got the Neutron Bomb re-creates word for word the rage, intensity, and anarchic glory of the Los Angeles punk scene, straight from the mouths of the scenesters, zinesters, groupies, filmmakers, and musicians who were there. "California was wide-open sexno condoms, no birth control, no morality, no guilt." Kim Fowley "The Runaways were rebels, all of us were. And a lot of people looked up to us. It helped a lot of kids who had very mediocre, uneventful, unhappy lives. It gave them something to hold on to." Cherie Currie "The objective was to create something for our own personal satisfaction, because everything in our youthful and limited opinion sucked, and we knew better." John Doe "The Masque was like Heaven and Hell all rolled into one. It was a bomb shelter, a basement. It was so amazing, such a dive ... but it was our dive." Hellin Killer "At least fifty punks were living at the Canterbury. You'd walk into the courtyard and there'd be a dozen different punk songs all playing at the same time. It was an incredible environment." Belinda Carlisle Assembled from exhaustive interviews, We Got the Neutron Bomb tells the authentically gritty stories of bands like the Runaways, the Germs, X, the Screamers, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerkstheir rise, their fall, and their undeniable influence on the rock 'n' roll of today., Taking us back to late '70s and early '80s Hollywood--pre-crack, pre-AIDS, pre-Reagan-- We Got the Neutron Bomb re-creates word for word the rage, intensity, and anarchic glory of the Los Angeles punk scene, straight from the mouths of the scenesters, zinesters, groupies, filmmakers, and musicians who were there. "California was wide-open sex--no condoms, no birth control, no morality, no guilt." --Kim Fowley "The Runaways were rebels, all of us were. And a lot of people looked up to us. It helped a lot of kids who had very mediocre, uneventful, unhappy lives. It gave them something to hold on to." --Cherie Currie "The objective was to create something for our own personal satisfaction, because everything in our youthful and limited opinion sucked, and we knew better." --John Doe "The Masque was like Heaven and Hell all rolled into one. It was a bomb shelter, a basement. It was so amazing, such a dive ... but it was our dive." --Hellin Killer "At least fifty punks were living at the Canterbury. You'd walk into the courtyard and there'd be a dozen different punk songs all playing at the same time. It was an incredible environment." --Belinda Carlisle Assembled from exhaustive interviews, We Got the Neutron Bomb tells the authentically gritty stories of bands like the Runaways, the Germs, X, the Screamers, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks--their rise, their fall, and their undeniable influence on the rock 'n' roll of today.

LC Classification NumberML3534.S656 2001