The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists Book

Read the STOP SMILING review of The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists, along with Lydia Lunch's Paradoxia, Autumn deWilde's Elliott Smith, and Dead Children Playing by Stanley Donwood and Dr. Tchock:

The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists by Amy Wallace and Handsome Dick Manitoba views counterculture from the formally rebellious and proudly stupid perspective of Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators. The funniest part is Manitoba's spot on the cover cartoon (front and center, flanking Joey Ramone along with Kurt Cobain, and right next to Iggy Pop). I might not argue his rightful inclusion on the cover alongside the Sex Pistols, the Misfits, Green Day, Debby Harry and the Cramps ' even if his initials on his hat betray the insecurity that no one would recognize him ' but it could be read as slightly self-aggrandizing to put himself front and center. Even as a fan of many of the bands it covers, I cannot imagine being so desperately restless as to read punk fart jokes and Mohawk tips or a list of fat punks. Maybe sniffing glue would help?

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