Best of
Punk

1995

The Primal Screamer


Nick Blinko - 1995
    Semi-autobiographical novel from the Rudimentary Peni leading light plunging into the worlds of madness, suicide and anarchist punk. And it's a good read.

Man Enough to be a Woman: The Autobiography of Jayne County


Jayne County - 1995
    From the 60?s to the 90?s she?s been the craziest, the most extreme queen ever to hit a rock ?n? roll stage. She?s known and worked with Warhol, Bowie and Derek Jarman, been an actress, a singer and a prostitute. She?s the world?s original and only rock ?n? roll transsexual, crossing the genders in the full glare of publicity. Man Enough to be a Woman is the wild, hilarious and shameless account of Jayne?s life from her cissy-boy childhood in Georgia to her current 90s renaissance, as a new wave of superstars claim her as their inspiration.

Last Gang in Town: The Story and Myth of the Clash


Marcus Gray - 1995
    Pop music industry writer Marcus Gray details the early lives of Clash members, provides an objective account of the 1976 punk explosion, and unravels the complex, behind-the-scenes machinations that led to the Clash's eventual downfall. 16-page photo insert.