Based in part on the recent interviews with more than 125 people —among them Tommy Ramone; Chris Stein (Blondie); Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group); Hilly Kristal (CBGBs owner); and John Zorn—this book focuses on punkrsquo;s beginnings in New York City to show that punk was the most Jewish of rock movements; in both makeup and attitude. As it originated in Manhattanrsquo;s Lower East Side in the early 1970s; punk rock was the apotheosis of a Jewish cultural tradition that found its ultimate expression in the generation born after the Holocaust. Beginning with Lenny Bruce; “the patron saint of punk;rdquo; and following pre-punk progenitors such as Lou Reed; Jonathan Richman; Suicide; and the Dictators; this fascinating mixture of biography; cultural studies; and musical analysis delves into the lives of these and other Jewish punks—including Richard Hell and Joey Ramone—to create a fascinating historical overview of the scene. Reflecting the irony; romanticism; and; above all; the humor of the Jewish experience; this tale of changing Jewish identity in America reveals the conscious and unconscious forces that drove New York Jewish rockers to reinvent themselves—and popular music.
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