Reviews: Music Books, Print

And God Created Punk: Erica Echenberg and Mark P Virgin Books Copyright Date: 1996 Review Date: 1999 Grand prize winner in the “avoid the p-word” contest. Got a box of old photographs laying around? Cash in on the latest wave of commercial success for so-called punk bands. Virgin records must have a full time staff […]

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Reviews: Art Books, Music Books, Print

Edited by Chris Charlesworth Bobcat Books Copyright Date: 1993 Review Date: 1998 Originally published as two volumes in ’85 and ’88, this is the new combined edition with extra Madonna shots (pre Sex book). What you get is a bunch of pictures of loaded rock stars hanging out with wasted naked groupies. Not only do […]

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Reviews: Music Books, Print

Denis O’Regan Castle Communications PLC. Copyrigth Date: 1996 Review Date: 1998 It seems like everybody and their brother is cleaning out the attic and cranking out a book of punk photography. Punk spunk, banana-funk. Who cares? My first reaction to this book was not favorable. It looks cheap, it’s got cheesy type, and the title […]

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