England's Dreaming, Revised Edition: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond

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For me, it's been about a decade and a half since I was really, really into the Pistols, and I while reading this book I felt compelled to dig out some of the music. Jeremy Deller: It’s not often that you remember reading a book, but I distinctly remember reading England’s Dreaming. So maybe because Jon wrote it in this sort of cultural void, at a time when punk seemed almost forgotten, that lends the book some historical clout. Presents the history of music, fashion and attitude of some of the disparate and contentious personalities who emerged in the mid-70s as the harbingers of what became known as punk.

JD: It gives you confidence, in the way that punk did to young people while terrifying everyone else. There are stories of amphetamine use, the sheer joy of provoking a reaction, violence at early gigs and being banned from just about everywhere. At checkout, send an enquiry, stating your location and we will responded in less than 24 hours with a postage and packing quote. England's Dreaming is the ultimate book on punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and the moment they defined for music fans in England and the United States.I was unemployed, maybe a little bit like you, and I would get up in the morning, pretend that I had a day ahead of me and then go back to bed and read the book while my parents, downstairs, were trying to work out what it was that I was actually doing with my life. From classic era punk tracks of the 70's through to ska and new wave into the 80's and some hand picked brilliant indie tracks into the 90's, England's Dreaming perform a 2 hour live music frenzy to suit all ages that you'll remember for years to come. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

Unlike Greil Marcus’s similar Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century, with its fanciful marriage of John Lydon and John of Leiden, all this was concrete, as real as the stories of puking and gobbing. This really is an excellent well-written book and as a bonus contains an excellent discography and bibliography. It is hard to believe today that a "pop" group could be so hated, reviled and indeed feared and yet they were and it scared people witless. If you have any interest in the punk era this book will genuinely inform you and make you re-evaluate your preconceived ideas.

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