We Got the Neutron Bomb
The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
$31.50
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2002
Summary
Taking us back to late ‘70s and early ‘80s Hollywood—pre-crack, pre-AIDS, pre-Reagan—We Got the Neutron Bomb re-creates, word for word, the rage, intensity, and anarchic glory of the Los Angeles punk scene, straight from the mouths of the scenesters, zinesters, groupies, filmmakers, and musicians who were there.
“California was wide-open sex—no condoms, no birth control, no morality, no guilt.” —Kim Fowley
“The Runaways were rebels, all of us were. And a lot of people…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780609807743 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0609807749 |
| Author: | Marc Spitz, Brendan Mullen |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Three Rivers Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2002 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 133mm x 201mm |
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Critics Review
“When Gillian McCain and I wrote Please Kill Me, a number of people asked us, ‘What about the L.A. punk scene?’ We said ‘That’s another book.’ And now Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen have finally written it. It’s about time.”
—Legs McNeil
Marc Spitz
Marc Spitz’s writing on rock ‘n’ roll and popular culture has appeared in Spin, The New York Times, Maxim, Nylon, Blender, and Uncut (UK). He is the author of How Soon Is Never?, Too Much, Too Late, and Nobody Likes You- Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day and coauthor with Brendan Mullen of We Got the Neutron Bomb- The Untold Story of L.A. Punk.
Brendan Mullen founded the Masque, the Hollywood underground club/rehearsal space hailed as the birthplace of the Los Angeles and Orange County punk scenes. He was a contributing writer for LA Weekly until his death in 2009.
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