Based in part on the recent interviews with more than 125 people--among them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hilly Kristal (CBGBs owner), and John Zorn--this book focuses on punk's beginnings in New York City to show that punk was the most Jewish of rock movements, in both makeup and attitude. As it originated in Manhattan's Lower East Side in the early 1970s, punk rock was the apotheosis of a Jewish cultural tradition that found its ultimate expression in the generation born after the ...
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Based in part on the recent interviews with more than 125 people--among them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hilly Kristal (CBGBs owner), and John Zorn--this book focuses on punk's beginnings in New York City to show that punk was the most Jewish of rock movements, in both makeup and attitude. As it originated in Manhattan's Lower East Side in the early 1970s, punk rock was the apotheosis of a Jewish cultural tradition that found its ultimate expression in the generation born after the Holocaust. Beginning with Lenny Bruce, "the patron saint of punk," and following pre-punk progenitors such as Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman, Suicide, and the Dictators, this fascinating mixture of biography, cultural studies, and musical analysis delves into the lives of these and other Jewish punks--including Richard Hell and Joey Ramone--to create a fascinating historical overview of the scene. Reflecting the irony, romanticism, and, above all, the humor of the Jewish experience, this tale of changing Jewish identity in America reveals the conscious and unconscious forces that drove New York Jewish rockers to reinvent themselves--and popular music.
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Very cool book, well-written, and okay, I was a part of the punk generation, albeit only 14 and 15 at the time, so it was like reading a memoir at times. Beeber brings the attitude, feel, passion and energy of the music and its makers to life on the page - with insights into the special contributions of punk's Jewish subculture, and some of its wildest stars (the Ramones, Chris Stein, and more). The generation of Jewish punks came after the Holocaust, at least a generation or two later, saddled with the horrors, rage and grief of those past generations, but raised as Americans. The clash was feeling like outsiders among Jews and as Americans in many ways. The music that exploded out of them lit up the places they played: anywhere they could, as loud as they could. The book is a unique read, entertaining both for those who were there and those who weren't - Jews and gentiles alike.
