London's Burning: True Adventures on the Front Lines of Punk, 1976–1977

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London's Burning: True Adventures on the Front Lines of Punk, 1976–1977

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London’s Burning is the story of punk rock as it happened, stripped of hindsight and future legend, and laid bare. Here are the Damned and the Adverts on tour, the Sex Pistols swearing through their prime-time television debut, the Tom Robinson Band conducting a club full of skinheads through the anthem “Glad to Be Gay,” rioting Rastas running through the carnage that closed the Notting Hill Carnival, Sid Vicious arguing about which was David Bowie’s best song. At the same time, it is a personal story of a confused but dedicated sixteen-year-old looking not just for kicks and great music, but for a cultural revolution--and finding one in his back yard.

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Thompson's a bit of a wiz, it must be said . . . Truly authoritative . . . compelling reading . . . Extraordinarily well researched, insightful and very funny . . . A dazzling accomplishment . . . Thompson is unafraid to have a lively opinion on (and a deep love for) the music he covers. And boy, there is an awful lot of it

He concocts colorful, driving portraits of the artists and we learn a lot from their struggles and triumphs as told by Thompson

A fond collection of memories from the early days of punk

Excellent anecdotal pop-music history

[Thompson] knows his stuff and can organize and write well about it. Libraries that pride themselves on well-rounded music and pop culture collections should purchase his work

Fans of the genre will relish this chronicle from an insider's perspective

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