Punk, New Wave & Indie

In the 1990s, there was only one real punk rock band still standing. Rancid. Other so-called punk acts had bent the term so much they were unrecogn...

A no-holds-barred memoir of legendary Dead Kennedys and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer D.H. Peligro, Dreadnaught chronicles Peligro from his pre-DK ...

What was I fighting for? Even now I'm not sure. Something so old and so deep, it has no words, no shape, no logic.Viv Albertine has always been obs...

This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. Across more than 500 pages, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this en...

From activist, Pussy Riot member and freedom fighter Maria Alyokhina, a raw, hallucinatory, passionate account of her arrest, trial and imprisonmen...

With one foot in the world of French touch house music that defined the late 1990s and the other in the world of post-punk pop that grew from Joy D...

Infused with a raw and energetic sound that stripped rock 'n' roll to the bone, punk rock transformed rock's landscape in the 1970s, deconstructing...

The life and mutterings of Laurel Arnell-Cullen who, whilst most strident in her efforts, cannot seem to get away from the clouds. The Mutterings ...

ESG were one of the first bands to sign to British indie label Factory Records, working with famed producer Martin Hannett on their early EPs. The ...

ONE OF BILLBOARD'S 100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIMEThe provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provi...

Here is the story of how the Sex Pistols shocked and shamed EMI - the UK's most revered and profitable record company - and ended up GBP40,000 the ...

Jeff Turner's story is one of bravado, triumph, tears, betrayal and despair. From having the world in his hands at 15 to staring down a barrel at 1...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAROzzis reporting is strong, balanced and well told...a worthy successor to its obvious inspiration, M...

In this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos, do-it-yourself innovation and extraordinary attempts at world domination, Needles and Plastic tell...

As one of the people who defined punk''s protest art in the 1970s and 1980s, Gee Vaucher (b. 1945) deserves to be much better-known. She produced c...

As one of the people who defined punks protest art in the 1970s and 1980s, Gee Vaucher (b. 1945) deserves to be much better-known. She produced con...

The ultimate book on records by The Clash. An album by album, track by track, examination of every song released by The Clash, from their first sin...

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022WITH A FOREWORD BY ROBERT SMITHThe definitive collection of renowned photographer Tom Sheehan's images of The Cu...

Ripped and Torn was one of the first punk fanzines, and continued long after others like Sniffing Glue had stopped. Ripped and Torn began in in Gla...

The Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash were the originators of British punk rock. In 1976, they were a three-pronged attack on the self-satisfie...

Raised in Queens, where he worked as a plumber while honing his guitar skills, Johnny Ramone eventually became a founding member of The Ramones, on...

At Last the Truth is in Print! This sumptuously illustrated two-in-one book tells the remarkable story of Devo''s astounding career. DEVO: The ...

A new collection of unseen photographs of New York City's 1970s punk heyday, by one of the icons of the city's golden age of new wave, Blondie's Ch...

When punk first broke in the UK in 1976, music journalist John Ingham was on hand to document the very heart of the scene. Struck by the music, fas...