
Please Kill Me
The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
Recommended by Eric Alper and Seth Mandel
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Music, Music History, and History.
A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the first oral history of the most nihilist of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcom McLaren, Jim Carroll, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outra...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Music, Music History, and History.
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Eric Alper
“@LBC1983 love that book | Books on the music industry you should read:“How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention, Stephen Witt The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood, Dennis McDougal Please Kill Me: Uncensored Oral History of Punk, Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain”
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