The Uncensored Oral History, of Punk

Please Kill Me Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

Grove Press New York CONTENTS

Prologue All Tomorrow's Parties: 1965-1968

Part One I WANNA BE YOUR DOG: 1967-1971 Chapter I Poetry? You Call This Poetry? 27 Chapter 2 The World's Forgotton Boys 33 Chapter 3 The Music We've Been Waiting to Hear 42 Chapter 4 Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell 51 Chapter 5 There's a Riot Going On 59 Chapter 6 Real Cool Time 63 Chapter 7 Jailhouse Rock 68 Chapter 8 Fun House 74

Part Two THE LIPSTICK KILLERS: 1971-1974 Chapter 9 Personality Crisis 87 Chapter 10 Land of a Thousand Dances 96 Chapter 11 The Poetry All-Stars 104 Chapter 12 A Doll's House 115 Chapter 13 Raw Power 120 Chapter 14 Billy Doll 128 Chapter 15 Open Up and Bleed 134 Chapter 16 Separation Anxiety 147

Part Three THE PISS FACTORY: 1974-1975 Chapter 17 Go Rimbaud! 159 Chapter 18 Down at the Rock & Roll Club 163 Chapter 19 53rd & 3rd 174 Chapter 20 So You Wanna Be (a Rock 'n' Roll Star) 185 Chapter 21 The Death of the Dolls 189 Chapter 22 Why Don't We Call It Punk? 200 Chapter 23 209 Chapter 24 Metallic K.O. • 217

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Part Four YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE OPENED THAT DOOR: 1976-1977 Chapter 25 229 Chapter 26 England's Scheming 243 Chapter 27 The Passenger 249 Chapter 28 London Calling 257 Chapter 29 Fun with Dick and Jayne 268 Chapter 30 Who Said It's Good to Be Alive? 279 Chapter 31 The Fall 291

Part Five SEARCH AND DESTROY: 1978-1980 Chapter 32 Because the Night 299 Chapter 33 Young, Loud, and Snotty 311 Chapter 34 Anarchy in the USA 326 Chapter 35 Sonic Reducer 335 Chapter 36 Tuinals from Hell 347 Chapter 37 360 Chapter 38 Frederick 367

Epilogue Nevermind: 1980-1992 Chapter 3 9 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory 375 Chapter 40 Exile on Main Street 381 Chapter 41 Born to Lose 387 Chapter 42 No More Junkie Business 395 Chapter 43 The Marble Index 402 Chapter 44 TheEnd 405 Cast of Characters 409 Source Notes 423