Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain
4.19
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the …
Want to Read $ 9.99"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
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2. Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
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4. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
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5. American Hardcore: A Tribal History
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Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately dest… read more
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4.08
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8. Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
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3.17
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12. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain
4.19
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
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"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
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