Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground 1972-1982 comes out on Three Rooms Press May 2, 2017. Author Phil Marcade tells a story from the book about his relationship with Sid Vicious girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
Get an insider's view of what the start of punk rock was all about in PUNK AVENUE: Inside the New York City underground 1972-1982, coming in April from Three Rooms Press (978-1-941110-49-2, 270 pages, $15.95).
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“Phil Marcade’s Punk Avenue is a compelling account of life as an artistic Parisian in Downtown New York, back in the good/bad ol' days of sex and drugs and rock n roll. In a subculture of anti-fashion and nihilism, Marcade stood out with an urbane, sophisticated sound and style deeply rooted in R&B musicology - that makes sense now more than ever. Vive La Revolution!” - Steven Blush, author/filmmaker, New York Rock, American Hardcore, Lost Rockers
“Punk Avenue is an incredible insider’s journey through New York’s 1970’s underground music scene. A natural storyteller and NYC legend in his own right, Phil Marcade recounts incredible adventures, mostly shared with friends destined to become the rock ‘n’ roll superstars of the era. From the hallways of the Chelsea Hotel to psychedelic barges on the canals of Amsterdam, from wild cross-country tours with his band The Senders to backstage antics at CBGB and Max’s Kansas City, to the notoriously deadly dope houses of the Lower East Side, he experienced it all . . . and lived to tell. His memory for detail, rollicking descriptions and (usually) hilarious punch lines are riveting. I literally could not put this book down! A must-read for anyone interested in a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the nascent Manhattan punk scene . . . or American rock ‘n’ roll history." -Pleasant Gehman, author, Showgirl Confidential
“Just when you think you led a fascinating, fun, wild, scary life, along comes this maniac. I’m amazed Phil’s still here. But thankful he managed to make it back with these untoppable tales from the inside of the inside - of his pals Johnny Thunders, Joe Strummer, Debbie Harry, Dee Dee Ramone, of Max’s, CBs and the long-ago Lower East Side, all told in a matter-of-fact style that only makes them more incredible. A definitive dispatch from the trenches (and gutters) of New York punk.” - Robert Duncan, Managing Editor, Creem; author, The Noise
“A riveting account of desperate days and high-octane nights that vividly recall the gritty glamour of New York in the 1980s, that penniless yet golden age of sex not sexting, drugs not hugs, and pure, unadulterated rock and roll. Written in blood by somebody who was there, in the combat zone, loving every manic minute.” -Max Blagg, poet
“Marcade’s book is historically important, invaluable in fact, but it’s also a fun, fast, nasty read. I couldn’t think of a better introduction to NYC in the days when the streets were dangerous, the rents were cheap, and the fun never ended.” -James “The Hound” Marshall, Bar owner, radio personality, collector, historian, new yorker…..
“Reading Phil Marcade's Punk Avenue feels like having a chat with an old friend, remembering and laughing over those crazy, glorious times.” -Ida S. Langsam, Ramones' publicist
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