The punk movement is in the spotlight with the release of a Clash collector’s box set by Sony and a major exhibition at the Cité de la Musique until spring 2014. Bruno Blum’s book revisits the musical and sociological history of the punk movement, from its leading exponents and their influence to the present day. Entitled “Sex Pistols, Clash and the Punk Revolution”, this richly illustrated work is a must-read.
At the end of the 1970s, rock seemed definitively buried under the glitter of Glam and the strobe lights of Disco. But then two binary missiles blew up a decadent, pretentious scene, reminding us that rock is first and foremost played with a guitar and a hell of a lot of energy. The first missile was reggae, the second punk rock.
Hijacked, adulterated, teleguided by unscrupulous promoters, the punk movement and its noise, fury, safety pins and trashy fashions were all that too, but the echo it aroused in the public and the ensuing call for all rock bands worldwide were, well and truly, real. The Sex Pistols may have been “rock ‘n’ roll’s great fraud”, as their manager put it, but their track record shows that not everything in their primal rage was phony. And The Clash weren’t a prefabricated band, any more than Téléphone, in France, who without being a punk band benefited from this revival, like so many others.
Sex Pistols, Clash and the Punk Revolution
Bruno Blum
Hors Collection
24.90 euros
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