Bayley, Roberta ... [et al.] ; introduction by Lenny Kaye. Blank Generation Revisited : the Early Days of Punk Rock (New York, NY : Schirmer Books, an Imprint of Simon & Shuster MacMillan, 1997). ISBN: 0-02-864652-5

Baker, Glenn A. and Stuart Coupe. The New Music (first edition, Rushcutter's Bay, N.S.W.: Bay Books, c1980; second edition New York, NY : Harmony Books, 1981). "Note: this book was published in slightly different form in Australia, by Bay Books Pty. Ltd."

Boot, Adrian and Chris Salewicz. Punk : the Illustrated History of a Music Revolution (New York, NY : Penguin Studio, 1996). ISBN: 0-14-026098-6

Coon, Caroline. 1988 : the New Wave Punk Rock Explosion (London, UK : Omnibus Press, c1977, 1982).

Gaar, Gillian G. She's A Rebel: The History Of Women In Rock & Roll (Seattle : Seal Press, 1992). Preface by Yoko Ono. 467 p., ISBN 1-878067-08-7

Gimarc, George. Punk Diary, 1970-1979 (New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995). ISBN: 0312110480. Includes CD.

Gimarc, George. Post-Punk Diary, 1980-1982 (New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997). ISBN: 031216968X. Includes CD.

Harry, Debbie and Stein, Chris. Making Tracks : The Rise of Blondie (Da Capo Press, 1998). ISBN: 0306808587

Heylin, Clinton. From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World (Penguin Books, 1993). ISBN: 0140179704

Hebdige, Dick. Subculture : the Meaning of Style (Methuen, 1979).

Helander, Brock. The Rock Who's Who (199?).

Lazell, Barry. Punk! : an A - Z (London, UK : Hamlyn, 1995). Forward by John Cale.
An excellent find in Toronto! A large volume with a shocking pink leopard-skin cover!

Lydon, John (aka Johnny Rotten). Rotten : no Irish, no Blacks, no dogs (New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 1994). Written with Keith and Kent Zimmerman.
Includes information about the Slits, Ari Up and her mother Nora, Johnny's wife of over 20 years.

Marcus, Greil. Lipstick Traces : a Secret History of the Twentieth Century (1990).

Marcus, Greil. Ranters and Crowd Pleasers : Punk in Pop Music, 1977-92 (New York : Doubleday, 1993).

Marshall, George. Spirit of '69 : the Skinhead Bible (Skinhead Times Publishing, 198?).

Metz, Allan. Prologue by Chris Stein. Blondie, from punk to the present: a pictorial history (Musical Legacy Publications, 2002). ISBN: 1-892477-2308.
This is THE most comprehensive, extensive and exhaustive history of Blondie published to date. Metz's opus is truly a monumental piece of work, focusing not only on the band itself, but also on Debbie Harry as well as on the history of punk and pop culture, with a strong emphasis on New York. The sheer amount of detail, facts and insight that this book packs in is remarkable - it's not surprising that it was over three years in the making. Most important, it's a great read: fascinating, fun, inspiring, captivating and impossible to put it down once you start. With pages upon pages of never-before-seen photos, as well as extensive interviews, reviews and dozens of collected articles and essays by a variety of writers, this 514-page book is an extremely well researched, well written and well structured introspective on the subject that is clearly near and dear to the Metz's heart. Highly recommended, not just for Blondie/Debbie fans, but for anyone with an interest in contemporary popular culture.

O'Brien, Lucy. She Bop : the Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul (New York : Penguin, 1995).

Please Kill Me : The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, Legs MacNeil and Gilian McCain, editors. (USA: Penguin, 1997). ISBN: 0140266909

Pope, Carole. Anti Diva (Random House Canada, 2000). ISBN: 0-679-31048-7
I actually have an autographed copy.

Palmer, Myles. New Wave Explosion (London, UK : Proteus, 1981).

Reynolds, Simon and Press, Joy. The Sex Revolts : Gender, Rebellion & Rock 'n' Roll (Harvard University Press, 1996; U.K., Europe, and Australia : Serpent's Tail, 1996)

Ruskin, Yvonne Sewall. High on Rebellion : Inside the Underground at Max's Kansas City (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1998). ISBN: 1560251832

Sarig, Roni. The Secret History of Rock : the Most Influential Bands You've Never Heard (New York, NY : Billboard Books, an imprint of Watson-Guptill Publications, a division of Billboard Publications Inc., 1998). ISBN: 0-8230-7669-5
This one is actually kind of funny, in an wierd sort of way: the author clearly used my Website for his research, which would be OK, except for the fact that he used a few choice bits word-for-word from my site! The most obvious example is a blurb on X-Ray Spex which was lifted directly from my page before I corrected the misinformation (see page 226 : cheese metal indeed!); also, other facts that are accurate but that I dug up myself and have never seen printed anywhere else mysteriously appear in this book - for example, that Viv Albertine of the Slits was involved in the Soundtrack to Tank Girl...

Savage, Jon. England's Dreaming : Sex Pistols and Punk Rock (London, UK : Faber and Faber, 1991). Reprinted by St. Martin's Press in 1993 as England's Dreaming : Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond, ISBN 0312087748.

Sherman, Dale. 20th Century Rock and Roll : Women in Rock (Burlington, Canada : Collector's Guide Publishing Inc., 2001). ISBN: 1-896522-29-7
Includes mention of "Rockin' Rina's Punk Women in the 1970's" Website on page 175.

Spin Alternative Record Guide, E. Weisbard & C. Marks, editors. (Toronto, New York : Random House, 1995).

Documentaries:

Another State of Mind (1984). 78 min., color, USA; written and directed by Adam Small and Peter Stuart. A documentary on punk rock starring Youth Brigade and Social Distortion

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981). Color, USA; written and directed by Penelope Spheeris; focus on the Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980; featuring Alice Bag, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.

D.O.A. : A Right of Passage (1981). Color and black & white, UK; directed by Lech Kowalski; features the 1978 infamous US tour by the Sex Pistols, as well as appearences by the Dead Boys, Generation X, Rich Kids, X-Ray Spex, and Sham 69.

Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980). Color, UK; written and directed by Julian Temple; a documentary (of sorts) of the most infamous band in rock history, told from the point of view of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren; contains some excellent Pistols concert footage.

History of Rock 'n' Roll : Punk; volume 9 (Time-Life & Warner Bros., 1995). 60 min., color and black & white, released on videocassette only, USA; written, directed and produced by Ted Haimes; includes interviews with Malcolm McLaren, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Exene Cervenka and Iggy Pop; lots of old concert footage.

Jubilee (1977). UK; directed by Derek Jarmen; against a backdrop of the Queen's 1977 Silver Jubilee celebration comes a cast of stars including Toyah Wilcox, Little Nell, Wayne (Jayne) County, Jordan (from the boutique Sex), and a very young Adam Ant.

Oi! The Video (1995). 60 min., released on videocassette only (PAL & VHS), U.K.; documentary about the notorious Oi! scene.

Oi! The Video 2 (1995). 60 min., released on videocassette only (PAL & VHS), U.K.; a continuation of part one.

Punk and its Aftershocks (1980). 85 min., color, West Germany; written and directed by Wolfgang Buld. Also known as British Rock and British Rock - Ready for the 80s . Features footage of and interviews with the Specials, the Selecter, Madness, the Pretenders, Sex Pistols, the Jam, the Kinks, the Clash and the Boomtown Rats.

Punk in London (1978). 111 min., color, West Germany; written and directed by Wolfgang Buld. Features footage of and interviews with X-Ray Spex, the Adverts, Subway Sect, Chelsea, the Lurkers and the Jam.

The Punk Rock Movie (1978). color, U.K.; written and directed by Don Letts. A documentary focusing on the beginnings of the "sound of '77" includes performances by Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Eater, and the Slits.

Rude Boy : the Story of the Clash (1980). 133 min. (UK), 120 min. (US), color and black & white; directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay; produced by Michael White; a semi-documentary film featuring The Clash and punk journalist Caroline Coon.

U.K./D.K. (1983). 55 min., released on videocassette only (PAL & VHS), U.K.; subtitled "a film about punks and skinheads", this video includes some excellent footage as it document the era of 1970's Britpunk. Includes interviews with bandmembers, street punks and punk journalists.

X: the Unheard Music (1986). Color, USA; directed by W.T. Morgan; documentary about the personalities in, and the music of, the early 1980's Los Angeles punk band X. There are studio and live performances by the band and interviews with band members, all nicely interspersed with footage of area DJs, record stores, old TV shows and commercials.

Urgh! A Music War (1981). 96 min., color, USA; directed by Derek Burbridge; punk, new wave, reggae and techno bands from Europe and the US recorded live in several locations in 1980. Includes appearances by the Go-Go's, X, Joan Jett, the Cramps, Toyah Wilcox, the Alley Cats, UB40, Magazine, Steel Pulse, and Klaus Nomi, among others.

Vice Squad : the Movie (1981-83). 65 min., released on videocassette only (PAL & VHS), U.K.; lots of live concert footage from the Bristol-based outfit fronted by Becki Bondage.

Women in Rock (1980). 45 min., Munich, Germany; directed by Wolfgang Büld; a Studio K7 video; also known as Girls Bite Back. Features Siouxie and the Banshees, Nina Hagen, The Slits, Girlschool, Lilliput, Zaza, and Mania D.

Fiction:

Dogs in Space (1987). 103 min., color, Australia; written and directed by Richard Lowenstein.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1981); also known as "All Washed Up". 87 min., color, Canada; directed by Lou Adler; Corrine Burns goes on tour with her band, The Fabulous Stains, with a washed-out glam-rock group and a rising British punk band; with guest appearences by none other than Sex Pistols Paul Cook and Steve Jones and Clash bassist Paul Simonon.

Repo Man (1986). 92 min., color, USA; directed by Alex Cox; classic punk fable of Otto, the newly hired car repossession man; includes appearances by the Circle Jerks as the nightclub band members and the Untouchables as the scooter boys.

Sid and Nancy : Love Kills (1984). 111 min., color, UK; directed by Alex Cox; based on the true story (yeah yeah...); includes music by Joe Strummer and the Pogues and a guest appearance by Courtney Love as another smack-head.

Straight to Hell (1987). Color, UK; directed by Alex Cox; featuring Joe Strummer and Courtney Love; includes appearances by Elvis Costello, Grace Jones and Poguesters Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and bassist Cait O'Riordan; music by the Pogues and Pray for Rain.

Tank Girl (1985). 104 min., color, USA; directed by Rachel Talalay; not punk per se, but close enough for my books: in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, tough chick Lori Petty (as Tank Girl Rebecca, who don't take no shit) and Naomi Watts (as the nerdy, bespeckled Jet Girl, who's been downtrodden for most of her life) steal a tank, tangle with villain Malcolm McDowell and get into a variety of mischief. Lots of great music by Hole, Devo, and Ice-T. Cameo by Iggy Pop. Lots of fun.

Times Square (1980). 111 min., color, USA; story follows the punk girl Nicky (played by Robin Johnson) and the nerdy girl Pamela (played by Trini Alvarado) as they break out of a mental institution and form a punk band called the Sleez Girls; music by the Ramones, Pretenders, Talking Heads and Patti Smith.

Suburbia; also known as "The Wild Side" (1984). Color, USA; directed by Penelope Spheeris; includes music by the Vandals, DI, and True Sounds of Liberty (T.S.O.L.)