
Give Me Some Kick!
From Africa to wild Rock 'n' Roll
Mark Green(Author)
tredition (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. February 2023
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-3-347-86872-4 (ISBN)
Description
A reflection on family roots in England, Germany and the first years of growing up in southern Africa during the troubled 1970s' in Rhodesia. Followed by a challenging new beginning in Europe, learning to overcome insecurity and finding strength and identity with subculture music and underground scenes. I experienced Skinhead life in the mid-late 1980s, started creating own fanzines, explored friendships and failures, fought on the streets and danced through the nights at countless concerts of Psychobilly, Heavy Metal, New Wave, Skinhead, Punk and Ska acts. 'Give me Some Kick!' is a passionate mirroring of a restless past...
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Göppingen
Germany
Target group
For those interested in indie music and scenes (Punk, Ska, Oi!, Heavy Metal, Psychobilly, New Wave, Grunge) from the 1980s' to mid-1990's, but as well for everyone who reflects on their own period of life when growing up as a teen with conflicts, self-doubts and unsteadiness before shaping into a personality...
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 194 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1016 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-347-86872-4 (9783347868724)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Author
Mark Green stammt aus einer internationalen Familie und entwickelte im frühen Teenageralter eine Faszination für Jugendsubkulturen und die jeweiligen Musikpräferenzen. Ab Mitte der 1980er Jahre wurde er zu einem leidenschaftlichen Musiksammler von unterschiedlichen Genres wie dem frühen Punk, New Wave, Hardrock und Heavy Metal, 2-Tone, Oi! und Skinhead- Rock. 'Give Me Some Kick!' ist seine vierte Buchveröffentlichung.