Contents

Foreword   by Billie Joe Armstrong

Preface: Post-Apocalyptic Clowns   by Tom DeSavia

CH 1

Something’s Happening Here   by John Doe

CH 2

A Seamless Race   by Exene Cervenka

CH 3

. . . a hundred lives are shoved inside   by John Doe

CH 4

The Canterbury Tales   by Jane Wiedlin

CH 5

A Nonstop Crazy Party   by Pleasant Gehman

CH 6

Murphy Beds   by John Doe

CH 7

You Better Shut Up and Listen   by Chris Morris

CH 8

Acid, Meet Catholicism   by Tom DeSavia

CH 9

Take My Picture . . .   by Tom DeSavia

CH 10

So Young & Beautiful   by John Doe

CH 11

Punk-Rock Teenage Heaven   by Robert Lopez aka El Vez

CH 12

Starry Nights in East LA   by Covarrubias/DeSavia

CH 13

Go West, Go West, Go West   by John Doe

CH 14

The Stucco-Coated Killing Field   by Henry Rollins

CH 15

When It Came to Drugs   by John Doe

CH 16

Punk as a Young Adult   by Chris D.

CH 17

Stuff Gets Twisted Up   by Mike Watt

CH 18

Unvarnished, Detailed, West Coast   by John Doe

CH 19

The Almighty Song   by Charlotte Caffey

CH 20

Sunglasses & Cool Cars   by John Doe

CH 21

Descent   by Jack Grisham

CH 22

No Slow Songs Tonight: 1979–1982   by Dave Alvin

CH 23

How to Build a New World Then Tear It Down   by Kristine McKenna

CH 24

My Only Friend, The End   by John Doe

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Permissions

Index