Theory Based Texts
Mark Anderson and Mark Jenkins, Dance of Days; Two Decades of Punk in the Nations Capital. Soft Skull Press, New York, 2001.
Simon Firth and Andrew Goodwin, On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word. Pantheon Books, New York, 1990.
Simon Firth, Andrew Goodwin and Lawrence Grossberg, Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader. Routledge, New York, 1993.
Attali, J., Noise: The Political Economy of Music. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1985.
Born, Georgina and Hesmondhalgh ed., Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation and Appopriation in Music. University of California Press, California, 2000.
Eshun, Kodwo, More Brilliant Than the Sun: Adventures In Sonic Fiction. Quartet Book, London, 1998.
Garofalo, Reebee, Rockin’ Out: Popular Music in the USA. Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1997.
Hebdige, Dick, Subculture the Meaning of Style. Routledge, New York, 1997.
Henry, Tricia, Break all the Rules! : Punk rock and the making of a Style. UMI Research Press, Michigan, 1989.
Bruce Horner and Thomas Swiss, Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture. Blackwell Publishers, Massachusetts, 1999.
Lydon, John, Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs. Picador USA, New York, 1994.
Marcus, Grail, Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century. Harvard University Press, Massachusetts,1989.
Marcus, Greil, In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music 1977 1992. Harvard University Press, Massachusetts,1993.
McKay, George, Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance since the Sixties. Verso, New York, 1996.
Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain,, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. Penguin Books, New York, 1997.
Lull, James, Popular Music and Communication. Sage, Newbury Park,1992.
O’Hara, Craig, The Philosophy of Punk: More Than Noise. AK Press, San Francisco,1999.
Andrew Ross and Trica Rose, Microphone Fiends: Youth Music, Youth Culture. Routledge, New York, 1994.
Savage, Jon, England’s Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1992.
Zbach, Lawrence E., Why is this Fussing and Fighting? perspectives on Violence in Some Genres of Popular Music. Graduate School of The Union Institute, Michigan, 1997.
Image Based Texts
Bayley, Roberta, et.al., Blank Generation Revisited the Early Days of Punk Rock. Simon and Schuster Macmillan, New York, 1997.
McDermott, Catherine, Street Style: British Design in the 80s. Rizzoli, New York, 1987.
Kozak, Roman, This Ain’t No Disco. Faber and Faber, Boston, 1988.
Don Snowden and Gary Leonard, Make the Music Go Bang: The Early L.A. Punk Scene. St. Martin’s Griffin, New York, 1997.
Bryan Ray Turcotte and Christopher T. Miller, Fucked Up and Photocopied: Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement. Gingko Press Inc, California, 1999.
Vezzuso, Jerry, New American Haircuts. Ballantine Books, New York, 1985.
Wojcik, Daniel, Punk and Neo-Tribal Body Art. University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 1995.
Fred Woodward and DeCurtis Anthony, Rolling Stone Images of Rock & Roll. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1995.
Music
Anti-Flag, A New Kind of Army. Go-Kart Records, 1999.
Bad Brains, Rock for Light. “Attitude”, “Banned in D.C.”,“Destroy”, “I” Caroline, 1983.
Bad Religion
Black Flag
The Buzzcocks, Singles Going Steady. EMI
The Cramps, Songs the Lord Taught Us. “TV Set”, “Garbageman”, “I Was A TeenageWerewolf”, “Sunglasses After Dark” UNI/IRS, 1980.
Crass, The Feeding of 5000. “Do they owe us a living”, “Banned from the Roxy”, “Asylum”, “Punk is Dead” Crass,1978.
Crass, Stations of the Crass. “Track 20”, “White punks on Hope” Crass,1979.
Crass, Penis Envy. “Bata Motel”, “Berkertex Bribe”, “Loving”,“Smother Love” Crass, 1981.
Crass, Christ The Album. “Banned From the Roxy”, “Major General Despair”, “Nineteen Eighty Bore”, “It’s the Greatest Working Class” Crass, 1982.
Crass, Best Before…“Shaved Women” (1979), “Reality Asylum”(1979),“Blood Revolutions”(1979), “Nagasaki Nightmare” (1980), “Don’t Tell me you Care” (1982) Crass, 1986.
Crass, 10 Notes on a Summer Day. “The Swan Song” Crass, 1986.
Circle Jerks
The Clash
Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. “Kill the Poor”, “California Uber Alles” “Holiday in Cambodia” Alternative Tentacles-Virus, 1980
Dead Kennedys, In God We Trust. “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” Alternative Tentacles-Virus, 1981
Dead Kennedys, Frankenchrist. “MTV Get off the Air” Manifesto, 1985.
Exploited, Punks Not Dead. “Sex and Violence” 1981.
Flogging Molly, Swagger; Side One Dummy Recordings, 2000.
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies
Minor Threat, Singles. “I Don’t Wanna Hear It”, “Filler, Screaming at a Wall”, “In My Eyes” Dischord, 1984.
Misfits, Earth A.D. “Die Die Die My Darling” Caroline, 1983.
Misfits, Legacy of Brutality. “Where Eagles Dare” Plan 9, 1985.
Misfits, Misfits. “Teenagers from Mars” Plan 9, 1986.
NOFX, Punk in Drublic; “The Brews” Epitaph Records,1994.
The Ramones, Ramones Mania; “Beat on The Brat” WEA/Warner Bros,1988.
7 Seconds, Scream Real Loud Live. “Here’s your Warning”(1984),“Not Just Boys Fun” (1984), “Trust” (1984), “99 Red Balloons” (1985), “Work Together”, “One big Guessing Game” Side One Dummy Recordings, 2000.
Sex Pistols, Nevermind the Bullocks Here’s the Sex Pistols; WEA/Warner Bros, 1977.
Patti Smith
Social Distortion, Mommy’s Little Monster. “Mommy’s Little Monster”, “The Creeps” “Hour of Darkness” BMG/ Time Bomb Recordings, 1983.
The Stooges
Suicidal Tendencies, Suicidal Tendencies. “Institutionalized”, “Fascist Pig”, “Suicide is an Alternative”, “Two Sided Politics” Frontier, 1983.
Movies
Another State of Mind
Anything Boys Can Do… Ethan H. Minsker: 1996
Blitzkrieg Bop; The Roots of Punk Rock
The Decline of western civilization Atlantic Television, Inc.;Spheeris Films, inc.; Penelope Spheeris. 1981
The Decline of western civilization. Part 2. The metal years New Line Cinema presents and I.R.S. World Media production; a Penelope Spheeris film.1988
The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, Julien Temple: 1980
The Firth and the Fury—A Sex Pistols Film, Julien Temple, New Line Home Video: 2000
Money For Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music The Media Education Foundation, MA: 2001
Rude Boy: The Clash Jack Hazan, David Mingay:1980
Ramones: Lifestyles of the Rich and the Ramones 1990
Sid and Nancy, Alex Cox:1986
SLC Punk James Merendino:1999
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