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Punk Avenue
- Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Punk Avenue is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcade's first ten years in the United States where he drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding up in New York City and becoming immersed in the early punk rock scene.
From backrooms of Max's and CBGB's to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de force of stories from someone at the heart of the era. With brilliant, often hilarious prose, Marcade relays first-hand tales about spending a Provincetown summer with photographer Nan Goldin and actor-writer Cookie Mueller, having the Ramones play their very first gig at his party, working with Blondie's Debbie Harry on French lyrics for her songs, enjoying Thanksgiving with Johnny Thunders' mother, and starting the beloved NYC punk-blues band The Senders.
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- amanda casley
- 07-03-24
Great NY punk story
I wasn't expecting very much as this was in the free library but it was surprisingly good. The narration was good too, an interesting, entertaining view of New York life of a guitarist in the iconic CBGBs and Max's with the influential musicians of the time
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- Pete skilton
- 04-05-23
An Unexpected Gem
A book that just showed up on the recommendations in the audible library so I just clicked download as it was included. This turned out to be an absolute gem that I listened to almost completely from start to finish in one sitting.
***** A true glimpse into 70's/80's New York Punk.
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- Linda T
- 19-02-23
Punk avenue
Biggest takeaway from this book is don’t do drugs kids. The majority mentioned in this book are dead. But was a really good listen of that era.
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- Lucy T.
- 23-07-23
Excellent
A gem! an authentic hilarious chaotic heroic punk story - really glad I gave it a go thank you AUDIBLE :-))))
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