Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N3UTBYY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 361 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Brian Davitt Excellent. MEMOIRS OF A HOOD Cow Even without rose-tinted shades, it ain’t much of a stretch to slot 1970s downtown NYC alongside Weimar Berlin of the 1920s or the Parisian Left Bank of the 1930s. The socio-political and economic climates of each combined to fertilize an environment that was sympathetic towards creative misfits of every variety; where rules were discarded in the worlds of art, film, literature and music, and bold new ideas were bashed into shape -- their true merits and vitality only validated by the masses decades after the fact.Marcadé stumbled stateside in the early 1970s, quickly winding his way to NYC, where his world wou. Lovblad said Great book about The New york punk scene. If You liked "Please Kill me" by legs Mcneil You should like this one also. Philippe marcade is already present in that book and many of His anecdotes are already there. Here he presents His story as a Young frenchman coming to The USA and Then befriending the New york dolls. He becomes close with Johnny thunders and Also with many others from The New york scene. If You Love that punk era this is a great book. To The difference of Please Kill me it has one single narrator Which is an adavantage Since it has a more homogeneous style. It may not be as complete an overview of The scene ad The other book But is more personal. I
From backrooms of Max’s and CBGB’s to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de force of stories from someone at the heart of the era. 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. With brilliant, often hilarious prose, Marcade relays first-hand tales about spending a Provincetown summer with photographer Nan Goldin and actor-writer Cookie Mueller, having the Ramones play their very first gig at his party, working with Blondie’s Debbie Harry on French lyrics for her songs, enjoying Thanksgiving with Johnny Thunders’ mother, and starting the beloved NYC punk-blues band The Senders. Along the way, he smokes a joint with Bob Marley, falls down a mountain, gets attacked by Nancy Spungen’s junkie cat, become a junkie himself, adopts a dog who eats his pot, opens for The Clash at Bond’s Casino, opens a store named Rebop on Seventh Avenue, throws up in some girl’s mouth, talks about vacuum cleaners with Sid Vicious, lives thru the Blackout of 1977, gets glue in his eye, gets m
His first book, Au-delà de l’Avenue D (Scali, 2006), was published in France. Phil Marcade left Paris in his late teens to begin a few months” of travel that would lead to a 40 year-stay in the U.S., mostly in New York City. He was at the center of the origins of the punk rock ex
Must-read for those who love that era and want a fresh perspective on it.” —Kirkus Reviews "Punk Avenue leads us from the early highs through the dark periods of addiction and loss without losing hope." —The Villager "It was hard to put this book down. Marcade’s stories surprise and delight, reviving an influential, exciting moment in American culture." —Foreword Reviews “A musician's memoir of punk rock in its New York City heyday shows how much fun it was while it lasted, before AIDS and heroin had the last laugh. Written in blood by somebody who was there, in the combat zone, loving every manic minute.” — Max Blagg, poet &ld