Listen to Punk Rock!
Exploring a Musical Genre
Published on 24. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
979-8-216-25100-2 (ISBN)
Description
Looking at the evolution of punk from its inception in 1975 to 2020, Listen to Punk Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre delves into the lasting impact of the genre throughout society today.
This book provides readers with a fuller picture of punk rock as an inclusive genre with continuing relevance. Organized in a roughly chronological manner, it starts with an introduction that explains the musical and cultural forces that shaped the punk genre. Next, 50 entries cover important punk bands and subgenres, noting female punk bands as well as bands of color. The final part of the book discusses how punk has influenced other musical genres and popular culture.
The book gives those new to the genre an overview of important bands and products related to the movement in music, including publications, fashion, and films about punk rock. Notably, it pays special attention to diversity within the genre, discussing bands often overlooked or mentioned only in passing in most histories of the movement.
This book provides readers with a fuller picture of punk rock as an inclusive genre with continuing relevance. Organized in a roughly chronological manner, it starts with an introduction that explains the musical and cultural forces that shaped the punk genre. Next, 50 entries cover important punk bands and subgenres, noting female punk bands as well as bands of color. The final part of the book discusses how punk has influenced other musical genres and popular culture.
The book gives those new to the genre an overview of important bands and products related to the movement in music, including publications, fashion, and films about punk rock. Notably, it pays special attention to diversity within the genre, discussing bands often overlooked or mentioned only in passing in most histories of the movement.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
10 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-216-25100-2 (9798216251002)
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Person
June MIchele Pulliam teaches courses on horror fiction and film, young adult fiction, and women's and gender studies at Louisiana State University, USA.
Content
Series Foreword
Preface
1. Background and History
2. Must-Hear Music
Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Alice Bag: Alice Bag
Bad Brains: I Against I
Bad Religion: Stranger Than Fiction
Bikini Kill: Pussy Whipped
Black Flag: Damaged
Blondie: Plastic Letters
Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady
The Clash: London Calling
The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us
Crass: The Feeding of the 5000
The Damned: Damned, Damned, Damned (Expanded Edition)
Dead Boys: Young, Loud, and Snotty
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Death: For the Whole World to See
The Dropkick Murphys: Going Out in Style
French Punk: Punk 45: Les Punks: The French Connection
Fugazi: Repeater and Minor Threat: "Straight Edge"
The Germs: GI
Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta!
Green Day: Dookie and American Idiot
The Jam: In the City
L7: Bricks Are Heavy
Las Vulpes: Me Gusta Ser
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies: Rake It In: The Greatest Hits
Misfits: Walk Among Us
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper: Bo-Day-Shus!!!
The Muffs: The Muffs
Pansy Division: Deflowered
The Pogues: Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
Punk Christmas Music
Pussy Riot: Kill the Sexist
The Raincoats: The Raincoats
The Ramones: Ramones (Fortieth Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Rancid: ... And Out Come the Wolves
Richard Hell and the Voidoids: Blank Generation
The Runaways: The Runaways
The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks: Here's the Sex Pistols
Shonen Knife: Alive! in Osaka
Siouxsie and the Banshees: The Scream
The Slits: Cut
Patti Smith: Horses
Social Distortion: Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
The Stooges: Raw Power
Taqwacore
War on Women: Capture the Flag
Watch This! Documentaries, Feature Films, and Videos
Women in Punk
X: Los Angeles
X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents (Reissue)
3. Impact on Popular Culture
4. Legacy
Bibliography
Index
Preface
1. Background and History
2. Must-Hear Music
Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Alice Bag: Alice Bag
Bad Brains: I Against I
Bad Religion: Stranger Than Fiction
Bikini Kill: Pussy Whipped
Black Flag: Damaged
Blondie: Plastic Letters
Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady
The Clash: London Calling
The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us
Crass: The Feeding of the 5000
The Damned: Damned, Damned, Damned (Expanded Edition)
Dead Boys: Young, Loud, and Snotty
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Death: For the Whole World to See
The Dropkick Murphys: Going Out in Style
French Punk: Punk 45: Les Punks: The French Connection
Fugazi: Repeater and Minor Threat: "Straight Edge"
The Germs: GI
Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta!
Green Day: Dookie and American Idiot
The Jam: In the City
L7: Bricks Are Heavy
Las Vulpes: Me Gusta Ser
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies: Rake It In: The Greatest Hits
Misfits: Walk Among Us
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper: Bo-Day-Shus!!!
The Muffs: The Muffs
Pansy Division: Deflowered
The Pogues: Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
Punk Christmas Music
Pussy Riot: Kill the Sexist
The Raincoats: The Raincoats
The Ramones: Ramones (Fortieth Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Rancid: ... And Out Come the Wolves
Richard Hell and the Voidoids: Blank Generation
The Runaways: The Runaways
The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks: Here's the Sex Pistols
Shonen Knife: Alive! in Osaka
Siouxsie and the Banshees: The Scream
The Slits: Cut
Patti Smith: Horses
Social Distortion: Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
The Stooges: Raw Power
Taqwacore
War on Women: Capture the Flag
Watch This! Documentaries, Feature Films, and Videos
Women in Punk
X: Los Angeles
X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents (Reissue)
3. Impact on Popular Culture
4. Legacy
Bibliography
Index