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    Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
    Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
    Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
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    Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982

    Written by Phil Marcade, Legs McNeil and Debbie Harry

    Narrated by David de Vries

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    Punk Avenue is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcade's first ten years in the United States where he drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding up in New York City and becoming immersed in the early punk rock scene.

    From backrooms of Max's and CBGB's to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de force of stories from someone at the heart of the era. With brilliant, often hilarious prose, Marcade relays first-hand tales about spending a Provincetown summer with photographer Nan Goldin and actor-writer Cookie Mueller, having the Ramones play their very first gig at his party, working with Blondie's Debbie Harry on French lyrics for her songs, enjoying Thanksgiving with Johnny Thunders' mother, and starting the beloved NYC punk-blues band The Senders.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 8, 2018
    ISBN9781977376718
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    Phil Marcade

    Phil Marcade left Paris in his late teens to begin “a few months” of travel that led to a 40-year stay in the U.S., mostly in New York City. He was at the center of the origins of the punk rock explosion and was founder and lead singer of punk/blues band The Senders. Along the way, he formed intimate friendships with key artists and musicians including Johnny Thunders, Nan Goldin, Cookie Mueller, Wayne Kramer, Debbie Harry, Nancy Spungen, and Willie DeVille. In addition to writing, he works as a painter and graphic artist.

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    • 3/5
      This book has a big heart, and Marcade's ebullience keeps the narrative moving.There's not really any new information here, unless you have a particular interest in The Senders. That said, as is the case with most punk histories and memoirs, there are about six sides to every story. Marcade is musically knowledgable and favors discussion of musicians, collaborations, and inspirations over name-dropping: people interested in music will find good observations. Fans hungry for all details involving the New York scene will also feast.Marcade praises early rock influences like Bo Diddley and fondly recounts hours of listening to 45s by primarily Black musicians. When he recounts stories from his past, though, racial references are not handled particularly well. He lauds Black musicians of past decades, but when he's talking about people he came into contact with, the discourse gets bumpier.He does not devote much time, in the overall book, to his heroin addiction. However, the chapters dealing with scoring and getting clean are the most powerful parts of the book. Though so many stories of the New York scene are fairly saturated with detailed discussions of drug use, Marcade's descriptions of heroin are brief but extremely compelling.Punk Avenue is a quick, chatty read: it's very much like reading an oral history with only one narrator. Recommended for voracious-reader fans of the New York scene.