Get In The Van by Rollins is the ultimate punk rock road book. This might, however, be the ultimate punk rock book, period. Jon Resh was a member of Spoke. You've probably never heard of them. He was a never a star. But he records in hilarious, wry, painful, and simple prose, the small victories, minor tragedies and humdrum existence of playing in a band. The pure joy of the bar E, the fumbling attempts with groupies, the hernias and cut fingers, life on the road, and all the mundanities of going deaf, and failing totally to make a living from it. Pure genius.
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AMPED becomes a kind of guidebook to DIY ethics, to the frenzied drive of the youthful mind, not to mention the unruly nature of the machine. -- New City, February 12
The prose, like punk rock, is simple, energetic and full of the sort of overt emotion that would be embarrassing if it wasn’t so honest. -- Weep Webzine, March 2001
The prose, like punk rock, is simple, energetic and full of the sort of overt emotion that would be embarrassing if it wasn’t so honest. -- Weep Webzine, March 2001
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Nonfiction. 168 pages with illustration. Full-color matte cover.
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My son, age 15, needs to read for school and I'm constantly trying to find things that interest him. This book did it, he read it almost non-stop. He's into music and bands and this book kept his interest.
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This book is a real friggin gem. Very well written (cannot say the same for most "punk" books that have surfaced recently), concise,and engaging. Though a work of non-fiction, it reads like a very modest historical account of a guy getting turned on to punk rock and how his band, friends, and life develops. Funny anecdotes, honest perspective ... Amped is about as good as it gets when analyzing a time in "punk" when punk and hardcore had gone different ways and indie rock was developing. Amped captures the spirit of many who drifted between scenes and couldn't help themselves from being underground. This paints a pefect picture.
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Okay, I loved this book. It's one of those books that you find that you're reading at three in the morning because you don't want to wait till tomorrow to finish it, and then you start laughing through your nose and snorting (something which you hardly ever do) cos it's such a riot, and cos Jon Resh is one of those authors... by which I mean, the kind of author who finds humor in the little things in life, and who can express himself with intelligence and wit. According to him, he was a (crummy)singer, but that's okay - cos he's a hell of a writer. I recommend Amped highly.
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