Punk - In Conversation with Kevin Mattson

Punk is more than just a musical genre. It is an ethos. Channelling one’s anger against the triteness of the culture industry’s offerings can be a spontaneous and creative act of resistance and rebellion. Moreover, as Kevin Mattson shows in this selection of books about punk, attending a rock concert by a band like the Dead Kennedys in the era of Reagan was a formative political experience for a generation of citizens, akin to attending a rally or a party convention. It was a spirit of constructive anarchy that can still channel the political anger of the alienated in the twenty first century. Read more here: https://fivebooks.com/best-books/punk-rock-kevin-mattson/