Brave punk world : the international rock underground from Alerta Roja to Z-off /

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Author / Creator:	Greene, James, Jr., 1979- author.
Imprint:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Description:	xxi, 403 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Punk rock music -- History and criticism. Punk rock music. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11353331

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ISBN:	9781442269842 1442269847
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes discography.
Summary:	Punk rock may have started in the United Kingdom and United States but it certainly didn't stay in either country. The genre flew around the globe like a contagion, touching off simultaneous movements in nearly every market imaginable: Japan, Yugoslavia, the Philippines, South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Mexico, Poland, Burma, Singapore, Turkey. Performing punk rock in many of these places wasn't just rebellious, it was legitimately dangerous, thanks to regimes far more oppressive and brutal than what existed in the West. Brave Punk World immerses readers in these foreign scenes, describing the lifestyles and art of passionate, hard-charging groups who remain secret to the punk majority but who are just as crucial as the Ramones or the Sex Pistols. James Greene, Jr. explores Brazilian bands like Ulster who angrily protested and openly mocked their region's cruel dictatorship, Germans such as Slime who see many of their songs still banned to this day, the Algerian-by-way-of-France performers Carte de Sejour who had an alleged hand in inspiring the landmark Clash hit "Rock The Casbah," and so many more punk groups from more exotic locales. Not only punk diehards, but also every travel enthusiast with a taste for chaos will enjoy the country-by-country cultural explorations and wild stories offered here.
Other form:	Online version: Greene, James, Jr., 1979- Brave punk world. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442269859

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
I. Asia
1. Heaven's Penis: Japan
2. Be the Change: India
3. The Tank Girls: Nepal
4. Howlin' Pinoy Chaos: Philippines
5. What They Eat Is Conscience: China
6. Geeks, Nuts, and Burgled Meat: South Korea
II. The U.S.S.R. and the Eastern Bloc
7. We Expect Uncle Death: Estonia
8. Never Mind the Bolsheviks: Russia
9. Careful Thought Won't Harm Even a Chicken: Czechoslovakia
10. I Would Love to Rip Off Your Ears: Hungary
11. Grey Reality: Poland
12. No Borders, No Time Limits: Yugoslavia
13. Bullenschweine: East Germany
III. Western Europe
14. With My Finger in Your Ass: West Germany
15. Get Out of My Pocket: Austria
16. Who Do You Think You Are?: Belgium
17. Pulse of life: Finland
18. Transcending Decay and Corruption: France
19. Rock Right Context: Iceland
20. To Be Not Dying: Italy
21. Nothing Can Co Wrogn: Netherlands
22. Milkmaids and Murders: Norway
23. Many Police, Little Fun: Spain
24. We're Only in It for the Drugs: Sweden
IV. Africa
25. Smoke That Thunders: Zambia
26. Rock 'n' Raï: Algeria
27. International News: South Africa
V. Central and South America
28. Who Lives?: Peru
29. Random Punk Rock Chupaderos: El Salvador
30. If There Is Something to Be Saved It's the Youth: Argentina
31. No Split between God and the Devil: Brazil
32. We Do Not Need Flags: Chile
33. Vultures, Invaders, Stomachs: Uruguay
VI. North America
34. Poets of Noise: Mexico
35. Heads, Shitheads, and Dishrags: Canada
36. Death Is a Door: Cuba
VII. Oceania
37. New Centre of the Universe: Australia
38. Your Name Maketh It: New Zealand
Selected Discography
Index
About the Author

Brave punk world : the international rock underground from Alerta Roja to Z-off /

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