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<p><p>A <I>Time Out</I> and <I>Daily News</I> Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, <I>Please Kill Me</I> is the first oral history of the most nihilist of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcom McLaren, Jim Carroll, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol&#8217;s New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.<p></p> <h3>James Marcus</h3> <p><P>In <i>Please Kill Me</i>, Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain track the rise and fall of American punk, from its late-'60s roots to its Reagan-era demise. We hear from all the usual suspects -- including John Cale, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Richard Hell and the Ramones -- as well as a vast constellation of fringe figures, who mostly document the sex lives and substance-abuse patterns of the stars. <P>Not surprisingly, many of the participants are nostalgic for the golden age of 1975. But others, like Dee Dee Ramone, have l

Author

Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

Publisher

Grove Press : distributed by Random House

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802192769

Subjects

History, Music, Children'S

Rating

4.16 / 5 (21,246 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14