From the Velvets to the Voidoids A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World

Clinton Heylin

Paperback (25 Feb 1993)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is a history of British punk's elder cousin, the punk musical scene in America from the late 1960s through to the mid 1970s, but particularly from 1974 to 1976. Some of the crucial figures are Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Blondie, the Ramones, Television and Talking Heads. Sharing with British punk a disenchantment with the way rock was going, American punk was an important musical and sociological phenomenon.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780140173055
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Books
Pub date:	25 Feb 1993
DEWEY:	781.660973
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	384
Weight:	488g
Height:	215mm
Width:	134mm
Spine width:	28mm