"The greatest strength of this massive book is its density: chapters are packed with vivid anecdotes and a chorus of firsthand voices.Expansive, opinionated, and richly detailed, this is an essential capstone for readers serious about punk's past and its enduring provocation." -- Freda Love Smith, Booklist, Starred Review "With 2026 marking the 50th anniversary of punk, Sullivan and Colegrave hope to celebrate punk as more than just a music subculture.A solid punk history title, compiled through interviews with scene heavyweights" -- Library Journal "A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behavior." -- Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face "From the shabby stowaways of the valleys in the mid '70's to the sophisticated hot spots of London's Soho in the current day, through the decades, Chris has strode them all." -- Glen Matlock "This book you hold in your hand may well be the definitive one on PUNK - from Baudelaire to the Beats, from Warhol's Factory to Madam Louise's in Soho. Read it and be inspired." -- Bobby Gillespie "It's the definitive account of the punk ethic and aesthetic in all its glory from Diogenes to Keith Richards and on to the revolutionary world of the mid 70s.

Every home should have one." -- Peter York, broadcaster and author of Harpers & Queen's The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook "[L]ots of interesting stuff about artists who often find themselves shut out of books of this sort. We get nods to punk in attitude if not in sound specimens like The B-52s, Sonic Youth, The Selecter, Bowie, and Devo. We get reggae and hip-hop placed in a punk context.We learn about how thoroughly awesome Vivienne Westwood was. [A] rare oral history that gives the reader a sense of the author's personality." -- Mike Segretto, Psychobabble "A gloriously vociferous encyclopedia for the Blank Generation. It's all here in staggering chapter and verse: how Punk came and changed the world forever.

" -- Jake Arnott, author of The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers.