London's Burning: True Adventures on the Frontlines of Punk, 1976-1977

by Dave Thompson

Book Overview

London's Burning is the story of punk rock as it happened, stripped of hindsight and future legend, and laid bare. Here are the Damned and the Adverts on tour, the Sex Pistols swearing through their prime-time television debut, the Tom Robinson Band conducting a club full of skinheads through the anthem "Glad to Be Gay," rioting Rastas running through the carnage that closed the Notting Hill Carnival, Sid Vicious arguing about which was David...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556527691
• ISBN13: 9781556527692
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"