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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
This book is beautiful and the best of it's kind. Listening to the audio is even better, and better still if you're driving through the deserts of Arizona...under the big black sun. :)
Despite the pedigree, I really didn't care for this - WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB is a much better read. Basically it's a collection of essays/recollections from various people from the scene, and it's one of the most lackluster accountings I've come across.
This book is made up of many personal accounts of LA punk rock '76-'82. It's quite a bit different--more personal--than the other oral histories of that scene I've read. Highlights: El Vez's remembrance of East LA's impact West LA punk; Dave Alvin's explanation of how The Blasters fit into all this; Charlotte Caffey's effervescent tale of collaborating herself into stardom; Mike Watt's mini-history of the "minute" men (it never gets less sad); and Kristine McKenna's coda. Note: Jack Grisham is still a knob.
informative
informative
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault
A fantastic retrospective of the L.A. Punk scene by the people who made it. As a Midwestern kid who was only 11 in 1977, I was always drawn to the Punk ethos but too far removed from it both geographically and socially to understand exactly how all of the pieces fit together. The Go-Go's were a Punk band? Under the Big Black Sun is a fascinating description of what Punk was and what it became.
If you are interested in this, may I suggest the audio book! So fun! And so much LA punk history!! I had no idea the Go Go's were involved in the LA punk scene.