Fifty years ago punk crashed onto the scene, redefining music and popular culture. In celebration of that historic event comes this cultural history exploring fifty iconic songs and unforgettable moments that destroyed then helped redefine rock. Once upon a time – November 26, 1976, to be precise – a band named the Sex Pistols dropped ‘Anarchy in the U.K.,’ and a musical movement called punk rock came, saw, and conquered. Fifty years later, the question remains: What the hell was that? Punk in Fifty Pieces retells the story of punk’s cultural earthquake and how early classic punk (The Ramones, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop) gave birth to post-punk (Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Gang of Four), New Wave (Talking Heads, Blondie, Devo) and a rock n’ roll revolution. A great, new addition to the shelf that holds Please Kill Me, Lipstick Traces and England’s Dreaming, Punk in Fifty Pieces is the perfect playlist for discovery by a new generation of rebels without a cause and for die-hards who traded the mosh pit for two cars in the garage – but have never forgotten the music.
