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Hanna, Kathleen

Summary: "An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfriend I got a proposition, goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want. Kathleen Hanna's rallying cry to feminists echoed far and wide through the punk scene of the '90s and beyond. Her band Bikini Kill embodies this iconic time, and today her personal yet feminist...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANNA, KATHLEEN HAN

Summary: Documentary film chronicling the evolution of punk rock music in California's East Bay area in the late 1970s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DOC TUR

Ingham, John.

Summary: When punk first broke in the UK in 1976, music journalist John Ingham was on hand to document the very heart of the scene. He famously conducted the first-ever interview with the Sex Pistols (for "Sounds," in April 1976), partied with them, bailed Sid Vicious out of jail and witnessed the band's evolution at historic gigs ; he also wrote the first reviews of The Damned and The Clash. Later,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anthology Editions, LLC 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 ING

Summary: An in-depth look at the legendary punk band, The Stooges.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GIM

Summary: Based on the long-running New York smash hit, this film is a high-powered rock musical that tells the hilarious but emotional tale of a German glam-rock diva on a journey to find love and stardom in her new home, a trailer park in Kansas!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: When an ambiguously intentioned masked man kidnaps a drug addicted punk singer, it triggers a police investigation as well as a media circus.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR WRO

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WRO

Kinsella, Warren

Summary: Portland, Maine. A group of punks, the X Gang is led by scarred, silent Christopher X. His best friend, Kurt Blank, is a hulking and talented punk guitarist living in the closet. Sisters Patti and Betty Upchuck form the core of the feminist Punk Rock Virgins band, and are the closest to X and Kurt. With other young upstarts like the Hot Nasties and the Social Blemishes they've all but taken...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn 2017

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KIN

Summary: After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren, a sparkplug in fishnets who lives dangerously downtown, moves to the city with the mission of becoming famous. When not pasting up flyers for herself or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she is getting involved with Paul, the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric, an aloof rocker.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SMI

Summary: Founded in 2011 after Vladimir Putin was given a third term as Russian president, Pussy Riot is an anonymous feminist art collective/punk band based in Moscow. The group's protest inside the cathedral was intended to protest Putin's union of church and state. On Feb. 21, 2012 they participated in a 40-second "punk prayer protest" on the altar of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral before being...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PUS

Astor, Peter

Summary: "To wander the streets of a bankrupt, often lawless, New York City in the early 1970's wearing a tee shirt with PLEASE KILL ME written on it was an act of arch nihilism, and one often recounted in the first reports of Richard Hell filtering into pre-punk UK. Pete Astor, an archly nihilistic teenager himself at the time, was most impressed. The fact that it emerged (after many years) that Hell...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 AST

Marcade, Phil

Summary: 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. From backrooms of Max’s and CBGB’s to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rooms Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARCADE, PHIL MAR

Summary: Grappling with impossible love, artistic rivalry, and a dark inner life, the conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe embrace their freakishness and spit it back in the form of searing underground 70's punk rock.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment [distributor] 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRO

Summary: Stockholm, the 1980s: Three teen girls decide to form a punk band, despite only one being a musician, not having any instruments, and being told by everyone that punk is dead. Focused on stirring things up in the world, but without a clue, the trio is a tribute to DIY culture and the power of rebellion.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WE

Summary: "This captivating documentary film tells the story of the Russian all-girl punk rock band Pussy Riot, who stood up to the Russian government's human rights oppression and paid the price by being incarcerated in 2011. But rather than silencing their voices, the incident only amplified them, turning the band into a global symbol of feminist political activism, culminating in their widely seen...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ACT

Stein, Chris

Summary: On the occasion of Blondie’s fortieth anniversary, Chris Stein shares his iconic and mostly unpublished photographs of Debbie Harry and the cool creatures of the ’70s and ’80s New York rock scene. While a student at the School of Visual Arts, Chris Stein photographed the downtown New York scene of the early ’70s, where he met Deborah Harry and cofounded Blondie. Their blend of punk, dance, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2014

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Pelly, Jenn

Summary: The Raincoats were not the most famous band of late 70s London punk, nor were they the most critically acclaimed. But the peculiar charms of this pioneering feminist punk band helped bolster the iconic Rough Trade label at its radical beginnings. The brilliantly anti-commercial Raincoats is one of our earliest documents of D.I.Y. as an aesthetic-timeless spiritual music for Riot Grrrls, indie...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 PEL

Egan, Jennifer.

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Summary: Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs, confront their pasts in this story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2011

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Egan 2011

Terrell, Brandon

Summary: A punk rock mouse and a country singing mouse are envious of each other's lives, but when they magically switch places they learn things may seem more appealing than they actually are. Includes a classic retelling of the fable, visual questions, and a glossary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FAR

Clash (Musical group)

Summary: "The unique story of the Clash, by the Clash. The Clash were a band like no other. Pioneers of British punk rock, their incendiary gigs, intelligent songwriting, definitive style and passionate idealism caught the spirit of the times and made them a worldwide phenomenon ..."--from inside jacket cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2008

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 CLA

Albertine, Viv

Summary: "At the launch party for her memoir in 2014, Viv Albertine received the news her mother was dying. She left the party immediately and spent a few final hours with a woman who had been an enormous presence and force in her life. In the weeks that followed, Viv was left with the task of sorting through her mother's affairs. In that process she came across one fatally curious item: a bag labelled...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Faber & Faber 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALBERTINE, VIV ALB

Egan, Jennifer.

Summary: Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EGA

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EGA

Lydon, John

Summary: John Lydon has secured prime position as one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music history. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols - the world's most notorious band, who shot to fame in the mid-1970s with singles such as 'Anarchy in the UK' and 'God Save the Queen'. So revolutionary was his influence, he was even discussed in the Houses of Parliament, under...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LYDON, JOHN LYD

Di Perna, Alan

Summary: "History of the rock band from 1988 through 2011, illustrated with photography and memorabilia"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2012

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 GREEN DAY DIP

Grace, Laura Jane

Summary: The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self. It began in a bedroom in Naples, Florida, when a misbehaving punk teenager named Tom Gabel, armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and a headful of anarchist politics, landed on a riff. Gabel formed Against Me! and rocketed the band...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRACE, LAURA JANE GRA

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