An edition of Under the big black sun (2016)

Under the big black sun

a personal history of LA punk

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An edition of Under the big black sun (2016)

Under the big black sun

a personal history of LA punk

by and

  • ★★★ 3.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

Explores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and its evolution to hardcore punk. Authors John Doe and Tom DeSavia have woven together an enthralling story of the legendary west coast scene from 1977-1982 by enlisting the voices of people who were there.

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English
Pages
277

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Subjects

Punk culture, Punk rock music, Punk rock musicians, Rock music, History and criticism, History, nyt:culture=2016-06-12, New York Times bestseller

People

John Doe (1954-), Tom DeSavia

Places

California, Los Angeles

Times

1971-1980, 1981-1990
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Cover of: Under the big black sun
Under the big black sun: a personal history of LA punk
2016
in English
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Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L. A. Punk
2016, Hachette Books
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Table of Contents

Preface. Post-apocalyptic clowns / by Tom DeSavia
Something's happening here / by John Doe
A seamless race / by Exene Cervenka
...a hundred lives are shoved inside / by John Doe
The Canterbury tales / by Jane Wiedlin
A nonstop crazy party / by Pleasant Gehman
Murphy beds / by John Doe
You better shut up and listen / by Chris Morris
Acid, meet Catholicism / by Tom DeSavia
Take my picture... / by Tom DeSavia
So young & beautiful / by John Doe
Punk-rock teenage heaven / by Robert Lopez aka El Vez
Starry nights in East LA / by Teresa Covarrubias with Tom DeSavia
Go west, go west, go west / by John Doe
The stucco-coated killing field / by Henry Rollins
When it came to drugs / by John Doe
Punk as a young adult / by Chris D.
Stuff gets twisted up / by Mike Watt
Unvarnished, detailed, West Coast / by John Doe
The almighty song / by Charlotte Caffey
Sunglasses & cool cars / by John Doe
Descent / by Jack Grisham
No slow songs tonight : 1979-1982 / by Dave Alvin
How to build a new world then tear it down / by Kristine McKenna
My only friend, the end / by John Doe.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Other Titles
Personal history of L.A. punk
Copyright Date
2016

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.6609794/94
Library of Congress
ML3534.3 .U53 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 277 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
277

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27205300M
ISBN 10
0306824086
ISBN 13
9780306824081
LCCN
2016003902
OCLC/WorldCat
914195330

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