Punk Now!!

Matt Grimes is a senior lecturer and researcher in music industries and radio at Birmingham City University’s School of Media. Mike Dines is a lecturer of popular music at Middlesex University and cofounder of the Punk Scholars Network.

• ForewordAcknowledgements                Introduction by Mike Dines and Matt GrimesPunk Rock: Radical Politics, Radical Aesthetics or Just the Same Old Game? – Pete DalePay No More than 45 Copies: The Collection Legacy of the Crass Record Reality Asylum (1979) – Alastair Gordon‘What About a Future?’ Punk As History and Document – Alexander HayA Graphic Representation of Mutual Influence in Contemporary Punk Rock – Michael BlaßGVA HxC: Appropriation, Adaptation and Evolution – A Contextual Observation of Geneva’s Hardcore Scene – Bastien Piguet and Mike DinesRadioactive: DIY Punk Networks and the Evolution of Radio in the Digital Age – Charlotte Bedford‘Ain’t What I Call Oi!’: How Politics Have Shaped the Modern Day Scene – Bethany Kane Exploring Social Capital in Youth Cultures: A Study of the Punk and Hardcore Scene in a German Major City – Raphael KöstersBloody Bloody Belgium: Reflections on a Unique International Punk Scene – Roy WallaceSpecial Stew: Punk and Irish – Michael Mary MurphyAll Punks Hate Bastards: Investigating Punk’s Anti-Police Engagement – Amy Corcoran‘I Think I’m Dumb’: Or, Punk’s Productive Shame – Brian James Schill   Bright Writing: David McComb’s Heartbroken Landscapes in Song and the Contemporary Punk Field – Tony McMahonCall it Crass but There Is No Authority But Yourself: De-canonizing Punk’s Underbelly – Matt GrimesPunk Rock!! So What? Negotiating an Exhibition of Punk Art and Design – Russ Bestley

'Moving beyond the common and well-worn analyses of London and New York City is always a welcome addition to punk histories and currents and allows us to better understand the many nuanced meanings of punk around the globe. It also allows for the voices of often missing peoples to be heard. The book also does a good job of taking nuanced approaches to the politics of punk. [...] The book is well done. Readers from multiple academic disciplines, as well as punks who just want a refreshing and intelligent approach to our culture, will find something to appreciate in it. I am left hoping that there will be more compilations of papers from Punk Scholars Network conferences and symposiums released in the coming years.'