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Pop, Iggy 1947- Punk rock music England History and criticism Punk rock musicians Punk rock musicians Drama Punk rock musicians England Biography Punk rock musicians Russia Trials, litigation, etc Punk rock musicians United States Biography Pussy Riot (Musical group) Pussy Riot (Musical group) Political activity Sex Pistols (Musical group)Ingham, John.
Summary: When punk first broke in the UK in 1976, music journalist John Ingham was on hand to document the very heart of the scene. He famously conducted the first-ever interview with the Sex Pistols (for "Sounds," in April 1976), partied with them, bailed Sid Vicious out of jail and witnessed the band's evolution at historic gigs ; he also wrote the first reviews of The Damned and The Clash. Later,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anthology Editions, LLC 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 INGSummary: Based on the long-running New York smash hit, this film is a high-powered rock musical that tells the hilarious but emotional tale of a German glam-rock diva on a journey to find love and stardom in her new home, a trailer park in Kansas!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY MUSICALS HEDHanna, Kathleen
Summary: "An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfriend I got a proposition, goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want. Kathleen Hanna's rallying cry to feminists echoed farand wide through the punk scene of the '90s and beyond. Her band Bikini Kill embodies this iconic time, and today her personal yet feminist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren, a sparkplug in fishnets who lives dangerously downtown, moves to the city with the mission of becoming famous. When not pasting up flyers for herself or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she is getting involved with Paul, the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric, an aloof rocker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SMIKinsella, Warren
Summary: Portland, Maine. A group of punks, the X Gang is led by scarred, silent Christopher X. His best friend, Kurt Blank, is a hulking and talented punk guitarist living in the closet. Sisters Patti and Betty Upchuck form the core of the feminist Punk Rock Virgins band, and are the closest to X and Kurt. With other young upstarts like the Hot Nasties and the Social Blemishes they've all but taken...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KINSummary: When an ambiguously intentioned masked man kidnaps a drug addicted punk singer, it triggers a police investigation as well as a media circus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR WROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WROMarcade, Phil
Summary: Punk Avenue: The New York City Underground 1972-1982 is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcade’s first ten years in the United States where drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding up in New York City and becoming immersed in the early punk rock scene. From backrooms of Max’s and CBGB’s to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rooms Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARCADE, PHIL MARSummary: Founded in 2011 after Vladimir Putin was given a third term as Russian president, Pussy Riot is an anonymous feminist art collective/punk band based in Moscow. The group's protest inside the cathedral was intended to protest Putin's union of church and state. On Feb. 21, 2012 they participated in a 40-second "punk prayer protest" on the altar of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral before being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PUSGray, Marcus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 GRASummary: Stockholm, the 1980s: Three teen girls decide to form a punk band, despite only one being a musician, not having any instruments, and being told by everyone that punk is dead. Focused on stirring things up in the world, but without a clue, the trio is a tribute to DIY culture and the power of rebellion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WEClash (Musical group)
Summary: "The unique story of the Clash, by the Clash. The Clash were a band like no other. Pioneers of British punk rock, their incendiary gigs, intelligent songwriting, definitive style and passionate idealism caught the spirit of the times and made them a worldwide phenomenon ..."--from inside jacket cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 CLASavage, Jon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.484 SAVDi Perna, Alan
Summary: "History of the rock band from 1988 through 2011, illustrated with photography and memorabilia"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 GREEN DAY DIPGrace, Laura Jane
Summary: The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self. It began in a bedroom in Naples, Florida, when a misbehaving punk teenager named Tom Gabel, armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and a headful of anarchist politics, landed on a riff. Gabel formed Against Me! and rocketed the band...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRACE, LAURA JANE GRAChick, Stevie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PM Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 CHIAstor, Peter
Summary: "To wander the streets of a bankrupt, often lawless, New York City in the early 1970's wearing a tee shirt with PLEASE KILL ME written on it was an act of arch nihilism, and one often recounted in the first reports of Richard Hell filtering into pre-punk UK. Pete Astor, an archly nihilistic teenager himself at the time, was most impressed. The fact that it emerged (after many years) that Hell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 ASTTerrell, Brandon
Summary: A punk rock mouse and a country singing mouse are envious of each other's lives, but when they magically switch places they learn things may seem more appealing than they actually are. Includes a classic retelling of the fable, visual questions, and a glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARSummary: Forced to get sober and reckon with the past, a self-destructive punk rock superstar retreats from the spotlight and tries to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HERLydon, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 LYDSummary: Grappling with impossible love, artistic rivalry, and a dark inner life, the conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe embrace their freakishness and spit it back in the form of searing underground 70's punk rock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment [distributor] 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BROAlyokhina, Maria
Summary: In February 2012, after smuggling an electric guitar into Moscow's iconic central cathedral, Maria Alyokhina and other members of the radical collective Pussy Riot performed a provocative "Punk Prayer," taking on the Orthodox church and its support for Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime. For this, they were charged with "organized hooliganism" and were tried while confined in a cage and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALYOKHINA, MARIA ALYTrynka, Paul.
Summary: Born James Newell Osterberg Jr., Iggy Pop transcended life in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to become a member of the punk band the Stooges, earning the nickname "the Godfather of Punk." He is one of the most riveting and reckless performers in music history, with a commitment to his art that is perilously total. But his personal life was often a shambles, as he struggled with drug addiction, mental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2007