Punk 365 (365 Series) (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Richard Hell (Foreword)

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Thirty-plus years ago a dark rumble of noise gurgled up from the Lower East Side of New York City, made its way across the Atlantic to Great Britain, zigzagged back over the pond to the West Coast, and exploded. Its name—Punk. InPunk 365, the most provocative photography documenting the performances, the looks, and the attitude has been gathered together, revealing reverberations that continue to shake up the status quo.

Here we see it all: Pre-punk pioneers, the Stooges, the New York Dolls, the MC5. New York’s harbingers of change, the Ramones, Patti Smith, Richard Hell & the Voidoids. London’s anarchists, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Slits. The West Coast’s anti-Beach Boys, X, the Germs . . .the list goes on. By the mid-1980s, from the Replacements to Bad Brains, the sound transmogrified into everything from garage punk to hardcore. Punk 365 has them all, including more than 300 different artists by the most talented photographers who captured the scene, including Bob Gruen, Roberta Bayley, Jill Furmanovsky, Stephanie Chernikowski, Godlis, Janette Beckman, and more.

About the Author

Holly George-Warren is an award-winning writer, editor, producer, and music consultant. She has contributed to more than forty books about music, and has written for numerous magazines and newspapers.

Richard Hell’s first album was Blank Generation (1977), and his most recent the retrospective Spurts. He is the author of the novels Go Now and Godlike.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 744 pages
• Publisher: Abrams Books (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810994046
• ISBN-13: 978-0810994041
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #240,976 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book & It's Cover, December 7, 2007

By	Dean Gragg (Rock Zone United States) - See all my reviews

Despite being yet another book titled PUNK this-or-that (how boring) accompanied by yet another picture of the overexposed Pistols, what we have here is a rare and fine contribution to the small flock of top rate punk documentation. For the lost-in-space stalwarts of the "punk died in '77" variety, you will find ample obscure photos and tentalizing quotes/factoids about your beloved NY scenesters (Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Ramones; the usual suspects) and your typical UK actors (Pistols, Clash, Buzzcocks, et al). But what is truly exceptional about this book is the wide territory it covers for the true punk listener. Not only does it include proto-punk legends (13th Floor Elevators, Stooges, MC5) but it ackowledges the crucially influential yet overlooked groups from both the US & UK such as the Avengers, Dils, Weirdos, Stiff Little Fingers, Angelic Upstarts, Dead Boys, Undertones, Black Flag, Germs, and on and on. As a bonus it includes the salt and pepper of much loved hangers-on who used punk to become rich and famous while not ever really being punk (Elvis Costello...you get the idea). This book is great and can be looked through over and over again without boredom. Highly recommended for every punk or jaded old rocker who has ever picked up a photobook on punk only to be bored to tears with 50 pages on Patti Smith/Talking Heads and another 50 pages of Sex Pistols/Clash and little else. And its cheap!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brings A Era to life, December 20, 2007

By	C. Howell "stubbornphoto" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book for someone who was probably bouncing up and down at many of the shows depicted in this fine collection (which hardly does it justice) of performance and candid photographs of the seminal figures of Punk. Even though they are the epitome of a music snob and punk aficionado, they were delighted with the book. Now I'll have to go back and get one for myself.

5.0 out of 5 stars PUNK this *#**>, October 12, 2009

By	S. Primm (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book in the bargain bin at a local book store. I am not disappointed.

This volume does a great job documenting this era of music. It gives credit where credit is due (to some obscure bands).

Visually this book gives history to a movement that I almost missed out on(I was born in 1970, so I did hit the 80's part of this movement). It has mostly candid black and white photo's, with few color photos.

The written information (commentary usually by the photographer that took the photo) is not as detailed as I would like to have (although the index is a great reference to find what you need quickly), but overall this is a great book giving credit and place to a movement that influenced the future of music.