Three Chords, A Black Leather Jacket, and a Pawn Shop Guitar - Your Punk Rock Identikit

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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk 4.19 avg rating — 35,977 ratings
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Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs 3.95 avg rating — 6,593 ratings
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We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk 3.97 avg rating — 2,738 ratings
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Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag 4.10 avg rating — 8,985 ratings
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Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution 3.95 avg rating — 8,796 ratings
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England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond 4.07 avg rating — 7,297 ratings
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung 4.02 avg rating — 9,731 ratings
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Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984
Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984 4.07 avg rating — 9,087 ratings
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Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones
Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones 3.85 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
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Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,633 ratings
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From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World 3.91 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
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Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones
Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones 4.03 avg rating — 646 ratings
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And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder
And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder 4.11 avg rating — 8,650 ratings
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Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys 4.28 avg rating — 13,074 ratings
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NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories 4.55 avg rating — 5,451 ratings
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Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash
Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash 4.13 avg rating — 1,369 ratings
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A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with the Clash
A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with the Clash 4.01 avg rating — 1,006 ratings
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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 4.22 avg rating — 17,534 ratings
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Sniffin' Glue: The Essential Punk Accessory
Sniffin' Glue: The Essential Punk Accessory 4.04 avg rating — 81 ratings
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The Clash
The Clash
by: The Clash
4.29 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
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A Cultural Dictionary of Punk, 1974-1982
A Cultural Dictionary of Punk, 1974-1982 3.85 avg rating — 105 ratings
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On The Road With The Ramones
On The Road With The Ramones 4.25 avg rating — 802 ratings
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The Basketball Diaries
The Basketball Diaries 3.99 avg rating — 31,489 ratings
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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas And Other American Stories
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas And Other American Stories 4.27 avg rating — 3,844 ratings
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The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho-Punk, 1980-1984
The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho-Punk, 1980-1984 4.01 avg rating — 310 ratings
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12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America
12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America 3.88 avg rating — 595 ratings
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Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
by: John Doe
4.10 avg rating — 2,205 ratings
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Punk: The Definitive Record of a Revolution
Punk: The Definitive Record of a Revolution 3.95 avg rating — 435 ratings
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Cheetah Chrome: A Dead Boy's Tale: From the Front Lines of Punk Rock
Cheetah Chrome: A Dead Boy's Tale: From the Front Lines of Punk Rock 4.09 avg rating — 249 ratings
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Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer 4.17 avg rating — 2,128 ratings
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Ramones: An American Band
Ramones: An American Band 3.85 avg rating — 485 ratings
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Last Gang in Town: The Story and Myth of the Clash
Last Gang in Town: The Story and Myth of the Clash 3.97 avg rating — 407 ratings
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Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail: Can a Punk Rock Legend Find What Monty Python Couldn't?
Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail: Can a Punk Rock Legend Find What Monty Python Couldn't? 3.96 avg rating — 289 ratings
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Complete
Complete 4.38 avg rating — 465 ratings
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A Wailing of a Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk and More 1977-1985
A Wailing of a Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk and More 1977-1985 4.53 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century 3.99 avg rating — 3,711 ratings
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Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital
Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital 4.05 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
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Subculture: The Meaning of Style
Subculture: The Meaning of Style 3.98 avg rating — 2,223 ratings
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Sid and Nancy: Love Kills
Sid and Nancy: Love Kills
by: Alex Cox
3.55 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs
Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs 4.08 avg rating — 1,438 ratings
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Clash
Clash
by: Bob Gruen
4.53 avg rating — 58 ratings
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I Need More
I Need More
by: Iggy Pop
3.92 avg rating — 381 ratings
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What Is Punk?
What Is Punk? 4.16 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division 4.14 avg rating — 5,472 ratings
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City Baby: Surviving in Leather, Bristles, Studs, Punk Rock, and G.B.H
City Baby: Surviving in Leather, Bristles, Studs, Punk Rock, and G.B.H 4.20 avg rating — 46 ratings
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New York Dolls: Photographs
New York Dolls: Photographs 4.22 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Raw Power: Iggy & The Stooges
Raw Power: Iggy & The Stooges
by: Mick Rock
4.02 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists
The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists 3.23 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Honour Among Punks: The Complete Baker Street Graphic Novel
Honour Among Punks: The Complete Baker Street Graphic Novel
by: Guy Davis
3.94 avg rating — 237 ratings
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Punk: The Whole Story
Punk: The Whole Story
by: Mojo
3.98 avg rating — 407 ratings
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My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor
My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor 4.12 avg rating — 1,125 ratings
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The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk
The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk 3.72 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Punk Diary: 1970-1979
Punk Diary: 1970-1979 4.03 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Banned in D C: Photos and Anecdotes from the DC Punk Underground
Banned in D C: Photos and Anecdotes from the DC Punk Underground 4.24 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day
Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day 3.99 avg rating — 806 ratings
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Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83
Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83
by: Tesco Vee
4.24 avg rating — 380 ratings
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Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader
Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader 3.95 avg rating — 2,343 ratings
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London Calling
London Calling 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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See A Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody
See A Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody
by: Bob Mould
3.80 avg rating — 2,053 ratings
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I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol
I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol 3.96 avg rating — 446 ratings
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Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored
Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored 3.77 avg rating — 2,579 ratings
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Babylon's Burning: From Punk to Grunge
Babylon's Burning: From Punk to Grunge 3.60 avg rating — 244 ratings
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Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History Of Punk In Toronto And Beyond 1977-1981
Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History Of Punk In Toronto And Beyond 1977-1981
by: Liz Worth
4.14 avg rating — 111 ratings
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We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001
We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 3.80 avg rating — 316 ratings
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My World: Ramblings of an Aging Gutter Punk
My World: Ramblings of an Aging Gutter Punk
by: Jeff Ott
3.47 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Blind
Blind 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Making a Scene: New York Hardcore in Photos, Lyrics, and Commentary REVISITED
Making a Scene: New York Hardcore in Photos, Lyrics, and Commentary REVISITED 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Dissonant Identities: The Rock'n'Roll Scene in Austin, Texas
Dissonant Identities: The Rock'n'Roll Scene in Austin, Texas 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Punk
Punk 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Fanatic! Vol. 3: Song Lists and Notes from the Harmony In My Head Radio Show 2007
Fanatic! Vol. 3: Song Lists and Notes from the Harmony In My Head Radio Show 2007 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings
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NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990
NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 4.21 avg rating — 288 ratings
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Nevada Mind The Bollix Part One (Rockline Book 2)
Nevada Mind The Bollix Part One (Rockline Book 2) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Cursed is the Road to the American Dream
Cursed is the Road to the American Dream 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Hot and Cold: essays poems lyrics notebooks pictures fiction
Hot and Cold: essays poems lyrics notebooks pictures fiction 4.06 avg rating — 78 ratings
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In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992
In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992 3.84 avg rating — 763 ratings
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Like Hell
Like Hell 3.50 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Loose Gravel
Loose Gravel 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Estrus: Shovelin’ The Shit Since ’87
Estrus: Shovelin’ The Shit Since ’87 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Velvet Underground and Nico
The Velvet Underground and Nico 3.72 avg rating — 1,150 ratings
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Eric The Pilot
Eric The Pilot 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985
Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985 3.87 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Punk Rock Fun Time Activity Book
Punk Rock Fun Time Activity Book
by: Aye Jay
4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Best of Punk Magazine
The Best of Punk Magazine 4.42 avg rating — 191 ratings
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No More Heroes: A Complete History of UK Punk from 1976 to 1980
No More Heroes: A Complete History of UK Punk from 1976 to 1980
by: Alex Ogg
4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Stranglers: Song by Song, 1974-1990
The Stranglers: Song by Song, 1974-1990 4.03 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Days of War, Nights of Love: Crimethink For Beginners
Days of War, Nights of Love: Crimethink For Beginners 3.82 avg rating — 2,397 ratings
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Cinderella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground
Cinderella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground 3.83 avg rating — 627 ratings
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Spoken Word Guy
Spoken Word Guy 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (The Companion Series)
Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (The Companion Series) 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film
Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film 4.31 avg rating — 219 ratings
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400 Saturdays: An Anthology of Vinyl Folklore
400 Saturdays: An Anthology of Vinyl Folklore 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Spoken Word Guy 2
Spoken Word Guy 2 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Rest is Propaganda
The Rest is Propaganda 4.38 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Punk Rock Jesus
Punk Rock Jesus 3.92 avg rating — 3,735 ratings
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DESPITE EVERYTHING: COMETBUS
DESPITE EVERYTHING: COMETBUS 4.38 avg rating — 868 ratings
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The Sex Pistols: Chaos
The Sex Pistols: Chaos
by: Bob Gruen
4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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I Slept With Joey Ramone
I Slept With Joey Ramone 4.03 avg rating — 1,754 ratings
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Think Tank
Think Tank 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Punk is Dead: Punk is Everything!
Punk is Dead: Punk is Everything! 4.35 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Out of the Basement: From Cheap Trick to DIY Punk in Rockford, Il, 1973-2005
Out of the Basement: From Cheap Trick to DIY Punk in Rockford, Il, 1973-2005 3.73 avg rating — 476 ratings
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