Books by Michael Foley
“Michael Foley’s book about the Dead Kennedys does a really good job of teasing out the kind of political and social criticism that was quite serious on the part of the Dead Kennedys, with an element of shock and surprise, but also with humour.” Read more...
The best books on Punk Rock (in 80s America)
Kevin Mattson, Historian
Interviews where books by Michael Foley were recommended
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England's Dreaming, Revised Edition: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
by Jon Savage -
2
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century
by Greil Marcus -
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Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (33 1/3)
by Michael Foley -
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We Were Going to Change the World: Interviews with Women from the 1970s and 1980s Southern California Punk Rock Scene
by Stacy Russo -
5
Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History
by John Patrick Diggins
The best books on Punk Rock (in 80s America), recommended by Kevin Mattson
The best books on Punk Rock (in 80s America), recommended by Kevin Mattson
Punk is more than just a musical genre. It is an ethos. Channelling one’s anger against the triteness of the culture industry’s offerings can be a spontaneous and creative act of resistance and rebellion. Moreover, as Kevin Mattson shows in this selection of books about punk in the 1980s in America, attending a rock concert by a band like the Dead Kennedys was a formative political experience for a generation of citizens, akin to attending a rally or a party convention. It was a spirit of constructive anarchy that can still channel the political anger of the alienated in the 21st century.
