Beat Punks PB

by Victor Bockris

Here, accompanied by dozens of unique photographs, are the very best of Victor Bockris's infamous interviews, essays, and observations on the stars of downtown Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s. The internationally acclaimed biographer Bockris was there as a witness, friend, collaborator, and co-conspirator. Some of the stars were founding members of Beat or Punk, others were just passing through. But all of them--rockers, rebels, artists, and intellectuals--revealed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306809397
• ISBN13: 9780306809392
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Beat Generation from most of the way inside

Victor Bockris has a knack for being around interesting people and his essays and interviews of the Beat Generation celebrities are legendary. This book is cobbled together from those writings. We see Burroughs and Ginsberg, followed by their punk worshippers Patti Smith and Richard Hell, with Susan Sontag, Andy Warhol, and Robert Mapplethorpe along the way. Beat turns to Punk, and this book comes to market. Interesting bits on the people involved, but you're always left wanting for a bit more.