We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
- ISBN-10
- 0609807749
- ISBN-13
- 9780609807743
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press (CA)
- Authors
- Marc Spitz, Brendan Mullen
Description
An intriguing study of the Los Angeles punk scene during the late 1970s captures the energy, anarchism, and rebellion of the period and offers a close-up look at the bands--Germs, X, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks, among others--the DJs, club owners, music journalists, groupies, and other survivors of the era. Original. 15,000 first printing.
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