Finished Tu 10/6/15
This is a library book that I picked up after I read 'Dear Nobody' which was edited by the same authors. The book is a collection of 'voices' of people who were involved in the scene. They each get a paragraph and sometimes up to a page. A great read and not so much, 'behind the scenes', but reveals the characters as real people.
Dead Boys- A knife fight in NYC sidelined a band member for months and probably knocked the band out of the public awareness. The incident is different in the book; nothing about a fight with a rival punk band. The fight occurs after a run-in with a cab filled with Puerto Ricans.
Johnny Blitz wikipedia-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Blitz
Dead Boys wikipedia-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Boys
Patti Smith fell off the stage at a concert in Florida just as punk was breaking and prevented the band from becoming more well known.
At the top of The Patti Smith Group's fame she decided to become a wife and mother with Fred 'Sonic' Smith, lead guitar for MC5. Another swipe at the band's influence and popularity, but she made it work 'for' her.
Nauseous Nancy- Nancy Spungen
Sid Vicious used 'sex wax' as hair gel. Johnny Rotten said that 'now you can stick your head up someone's ass'.
Johnny Thunders's hands 'like sausages' from shooting heroin. It's suggested that his overdose in New Orleans was caused because dealers gave him massive hits of LSD and he took the heroin and downers to stop the bad trip.
Johnny Thunders wikipedia-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Thunders
Link to amazon-
http://www.amazon.com/Please-Kill-Me-Uncensored-History/dp/0802142648
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