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BLANK GENERATION REVISITED; THE EARLY DAYS OF PUNK ROCK

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Great photos for a well-needed revisit to a particularly cool scene.

I've been feeling nostalgic. Am I no longer young? Am I a different person now? It seems only yesterday that I was sitting in clubs watching the likes of The Ramones, The Clash, the B52s and the Talking Heads...

But wait. There are solutions for a revisit. Last summer I packed my wife and seven year old daughter and went to a triple bill - Psychedelic Furs, GoGo's and B-52s. Way cool. My kid loved it. I kinda felt young. Wasn't quite the same, but...

... now I can sit at home and page through these terrific photographs. Blank Generation Revisited is a perfect way to revisit. Yes, we're older and that scene is long gone, but this book captures the era with style and substance.

In the beginning Punk was dangerous, authentic.
It wasn't "a look" you could purchase at "The Mall"
at "a certain chain store".To choose Punk Rock you
were in a sense "drawing a line in the sand" and
you'd better be prepared to defend your stance. In
the days of "Big Arena Rock" and "Mellow Singer/Song-
writers" Punk Rock was a swift kick in the pants, a
jumpstart.A lot of these photographers will be familar,
especially if you read rock publications in the 1970s
such as "ROCK SCENE" & "CREEM".What's so sad is we've
gone too far and seen too much,we're so "desensitized"
that there is no way that Rock n Roll is ever going to
have that kind of an upheaval and rebuilding from scratch
ever again. :(

I bought this book years ago but only just now read it cover to cover. It allowed me to successfully recapture the inspiration I originally felt when reading about CBGB punk rock. Over the years I've become bored with the subject and needed a fresh perspective to rekindle my interest. The book also made me realize that I don't have many albums by NYC punk bands so I've placed a large order for all the debut albums I could not afford as a teenager. Many of these albums will still be new to me.

this book is not meant to be a great read, it is however a great picture book. excellent pics of the important people who created punk. patti smith, richard hell, just to name 2.

i enjoy this book because it has great pictures and lets people who don't know a lot about punk rock see what it was all about.

This is a picture book, and it's got nice pictures. But this is about a few celebrities in the punk and new wave scene in 70s New York. It has virtually no text, and offers almost no insight into the feeling, the sounds, the pulse, the texture of punk and new wave. There are scarcely any fans or everyday people--just some photos of Richard Hell and the like. Few people will relate to this book or be glad that they bought it (and naive punks who think punk=mohawks will be sorely soured). For a much more comprehensive look at this influential music scene, you're better off with Clinton Heylin's __From the Velvets to the Voidoids__.

This book looks at a cool time for rock and roll.Even better is "High On Rebellion;Inside the Underground at Max's Kansas City" by Yvonne Sewell Ruskin, loaded with NY Dolls/Johnny Thunders,Psychotic FRogs, Jayne County,Cherry Vanilla,etc.THE REAL SCENE!