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Overview"Johnny Green was a footloose slacker who loved punk rock, stumbled into being a roadie for the Sex Pistols, then tripped again into a job pushing sound equipment for the Clash and driving their beat-up van to performances in the mean industrial towns of England. Disaffected youth anointed the Clash as their spokesmen and made the group synonymous with punk itself in the late 1970s. Eventually becoming the band's road manager, Green had a unique vantage point from which to witness the burgeoning punk rock movement while helping the band in their perpetual search for women, booze, and drugs. Green was with the Clash when they conquered America, bringing with them their bad behavior and great music, and burning out after their third, too-long tour. Written in a tell-it-as-it-was style and accompanied by contemporaneous drawings by Ray Lowry, who tagged along with the Clash on their American tour as their official ""war artist,"" A Riot of Our Own pierces the heart of the culture and music of punk rock and the people who lived it." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Johnny Green , Green Johnny , Garry BarkerPublisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl Imprint: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.30cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780571199570ISBN 10: 0571199577 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 12 February 1999 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThis touching, angry, uproarious tale sustains 238 pages because it never lets go of the notion that as one day follows another something more than a pop group's career might be at stake. This touching, angry, uproarious tale sustains 238 pages because it never lets go of the notion that as one day follows another something more than a pop group's career might be at stake. --Greil Marcus, Artforum Hugely enjoyable...Green's great achievement is to recapture exactly how those moments felt, but remain sufficiently detached about the whole thing to render the experience honestly. A Riot of Our Own feels real. --Mark Hagen, Mojo Finally...a Clash book worth its salt. --Ian Fortnam, New Musical Express This touching, angry, uproarious tale sustains 238 pages because it never lets go of the notion that as one day follows another something more than a pop group's career might be at stake. Greil Marcus, Artforum Hugely enjoyable...Green's great achievement is to recapture exactly how those moments felt, but remain sufficiently detached about the whole thing to render the experience honestly. A Riot of Our Own feels real. Mark Hagen, Mojo Finally...a Clash book worth its salt. Ian Fortnam, New Musical Express This touching, angry, uproarious tale sustains 238 pages because it never lets go of the notion that as one day follows another something more than a pop group's career might be at stake. Greil Marcus, Artforum Hugely enjoyable...Green's great achievement is to recapture exactly how those moments felt, but remain sufficiently detached about the whole thing to render the experience honestly. A Riot of Our Own feels real. Mark Hagen, Mojo Finally...a Clash book worth its salt. Ian Fortnam, New Musical Express This touching, angry, uproarious tale sustains 238 pages because it never lets go of the notion that as one day follows another something more than a pop group's career might be at stake. --Greil Marcus, Artforum Hugely enjoyable...Green's great achievement is to recapture exactly how those moments felt, but remain sufficiently detached about the whole thing to render the experience honestly. A Riot of Our Own feels real. --Mark Hagen, Mojo Finally...a Clash book worth its salt. --Ian Fortnam, New Musical Express Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |